Dalia Dassa Kaye

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Director, Center for Middle East Public Policy; Senior Political Scientist
Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. in political science, University of California, Berkeley

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.

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 Amsterdam

Selected 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

Commentary

A Crucial Difference on Iran — Oct 23, 2012

  • NYTimes.com

How to Tackle Iran — Sep 6, 2012

  • CNN

The Right Way to Help Syria's Rebels — Aug 8, 2012

  • Los Angeles Times

Israel's Risky Option on Iran — Feb 21, 2012

  • Los Angeles Times

Do Israelis Really Want to Bomb Iran? — Jan 12, 2012

  • ForeignPolicy.com

A WikiLeaks Disconnect — Dec 6, 2010

  • Los Angeles Times

Fifth Columns in the Gulf? — May 24, 2010

  • ForeignPolicy.com

Fighting Terror the Cold War Way — Oct 14, 2009

  • ForeignPolicy.com

Defeating Hamas Will Not Defeat Iran — Jan 14, 2009

  • ForeignPolicy.com

Lebanon's Sectarian Aftershocks — Aug 8, 2006

  • United Press International

Publications