Dalia Dassa Kaye
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Education
Overview
Biography
Dalia Dassa Kaye is the director of the Center for Middle East Public Policy and a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. In 2011-2012 she was a visiting professor and fellow at UCLA's International Institute and Burkle Center. Before joining RAND, Kaye served as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow at the Dutch Foreign Ministry. She also taught at the University of Amsterdam and was a visiting scholar at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations. From 1998 to 2003, Kaye was an assistant professor of political science and international affairs at The George Washington University. She is the recipient of many awards and fellowships, including a Brookings Institution research fellowship and The John W. Gardner Fellowship for Public Service. Kaye publishes widely on Middle East regional security issues, including in journals like Survival, Foreign Affairs, The Washington Quarterly, Foreign Policy, and Middle East Policy. She is author of Talking to the Enemy: Track Two Diplomacy in the Middle East and South Asia (RAND), Beyond the Handshake: Multilateral Cooperation in the Arab-Israeli Peace Process (Columbia University Press) and has co-authored a number of RAND monographs on a range of regional security issues. Kaye holds her B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Research Focus
Previous Positions
Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Foreign Policy Studies Fellow, Brookings Institution; Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The George Washington University; Visiting Professor of Political Science, University of AmsterdamSelected Publications
Dalia Dassa Kaye and Eric Lorber, "Containing Iran: What Does it Mean?" Middle East Policy, 2012
Dalia Dassa Kaye, "The Middle East WMD-Free Zone Conference: A Reset for Regional Arms Control?" Nonproliferation Review, 2012
Dalia Dassa Kaye and Frederic Wehrey, "Arab Spring, Persian Winter: Will Iran Emerge the Winner From the Arab Revolt?" Foreign Affairs, 2011
Dalia Dassa Kaye, Alireza Nader and Parisa Roshan, Israel and Iran: A Dangerous Rivalry, RAND Corporation (MG-1143-OSD), 2011
Dalia Dassa Kaye and Frederic Wehrey, "A Nuclear Iran: The Reactions of Neighbours," Survival, 2007
Dalia Dassa Kaye, Talking to the Enemy: Track Two Diplomacy in the Middle East and South Asia, RAND (MG-592-NSRD), 2007
Dalia Dassa Kaye, "Bound to Cooperate? Transatlantic Policy in the Middle East," The Washington Quarterly, 2003
Dalia Dassa Kaye, Beyond the Handshake: Multilateral Cooperation in the Arab-Israeli Peace Process, Columbia University Press, 2001
Honors & Awards
- International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
- Brookings Research Fellowship, The Brookings Institution
- The John Gardner Fellowship for Public Service, University of California, Berkeley
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: United Press International
International Affairs
Biography
Dalia Dassa Kayeis the Director of the Center for Middle East Public Policy and a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. In 2011-2012 she was a visiting professor and fellow at UCLA's International Institute and Burkle Center. Before joining RAND, Kaye served as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow at the Dutch Foreign Ministry. She also taught at the University of Amsterdam and was a visiting scholar at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations. From 1998 to 2003, Kaye was an assistant professor of political science and international affairs at The George Washington University. She is the recipient of many awards and fellowships, including a Brookings Institution research fellowship and The John W. Gardner Fellowship for Public Service. Kaye publishes widely on Middle East regional security issues, including in journals like Survival, Foreign Affairs, The Washington Quarterly, Foreign Policy, and Middle East Policy. She is author of Talking to the Enemy: Track Two Diplomacy in the Middle East and South Asia (RAND), Beyond the Handshake: Multilateral Cooperation in the Arab-Israeli Peace Process (Columbia University Press) and has co-authored a number of RAND monographs on a range or regional security issues. Dalia holds her B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Selected Publications
Dalia Dassa Kaye and Eric Lorber, "Containing Iran: What Does it Mean?" Middle East Policy, (1), 2012
Dalia Dassa Kaye, "The Middle East WMD-Free Zone Conference: A Reset for Regional Arms Control?" Nonproliferation Review, 19(3), 2012
Dalia Dassa Kaye and Frederic Wehrey, "Arab Spring, Persian Winter: Will Iran Emerge the Winner From the Arab Revolt?" Foreign Affairs, 2011
Dalia Dassa Kaye, Alireza Nader and Parisa Roshan, Israel and Iran: A Dangerous Rivalry, RAND Corporation (MG-1143-OSD), 2011
Dalia Dassa Kaye and Frederic Wehrey, "A Nuclear Iran: The Reactions of Neighbours," Survival, 2007
Dalia Dassa Kaye, Talking to the Enemy: Track Two Regional Security Dialogues in the Middle East and South Asia, RAND Corporation (MG-592-NSRD), 2007
Dalia Dassa Kaye, "Bound to Cooperate? Transatlantic Policy in the Middle East," The Washington Quarterly, 2003
Dalia Dassa Kaye, Beyond the Handshake: Multilateral Cooperation in the Arab-Israeli Peace Process, Columbia University Press, 2001
Honors & Awards
- International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
- Brookings Research Fellowship, The Brookings Institution
- The John Gardner Fellowship for Public Service, University of California, Berkeley
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