Jeffrey Martini
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Education
Overview
Biography
Jeffrey Martini is a Middle East research project associate at the RAND Corporation, where he works on political reform in the Arab world with a specific focus on North Africa. Martini has published on civil-military relations in Egypt, internal dynamics within the Muslim Brotherhood, changes in the regional security environment, and new trends in Arabic language media. He has spent spent four years living in the Arab world, including three as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco and one in Cairo, Egypt, where he was a 2007–08 fellow in the CASA Arabic language program. He speaks, reads, and writes modern standard Arabic and speaks Moroccan and Egyptian colloquial. Martini received his B.A. in political science and economics from Middlebury College and his M.A. in Arab studies from Georgetown University.
Research Focus
Recent Projects
- Commanding Democracy in Egypt: The Military's Attempt to Manage the Future
- Arabic-language materials for children that promote tolerance and critical thinking
- Arab-Kurd tensions in northern Iraq
- Iran's Nuclear Future
Selected Publications
Jeff Martini and Julie Taylor, "Commanding Democracy in Egypt: The Military's Attempt to Manage the Future," Foreign Affairs, 90(5), 2011
Keith Crane, Steven Simon, and Jeffrey Martini, Future Challenges for the Arab World: The Implications of Demographic and Economic Trends, RAND Corporation (TR-912), 2011
Gail L. Zellman, Jeffrey Martini, and Michal Perlman, Identifying Arabic-Language Materials for Children That Promote Tolerance and Critical Thinking, RAND Corporation (TR-856), 2011
Lynn E. Davis, Jeffrey Martini, Alireza Nader, and Dalia Dassa Kaye, Iran's Nuclear Future: Critical U.S. Policy Choices, RAND Corporation (MG-1087), 2011
Larry Hanauer, Jeffrey Martini, and Omar Al-Shahery, Managing Arab-Kurd Tensions in Northern Iraq After the Withdrawal of U.S. Troops, RAND Corporation (OP-339), 2011
Frederic Wehrey, Dalia Dassa Kaye, Jessica Watkins, Jeffrey Martini, and Robert A. Guffey, The Iraq Effect: The Middle East After the Iraq War, RAND Corporation (MG-892), 2010
James B. Bruce and Jeffrey Martini, Whither Al-Anbar Province? Five Scenarios Through 2011, RAND Corporation (OP-278), 2010
Jeff Martini, "The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt: Old Age Fighting Time (book review of the Arabic language study)," Contemporary Arab Affairs, 2(2), 2009
Honors & Awards
- Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) fellowship, 2007-2008, American University in Cairo
- Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) scholarship, 2006-2007, Georgetown University
Languages
Modern Standard Arabic (advanced proficiency: reading, writing, speaking), Egyptian Arabic (advanced proficiency: speaking), Moroccan Arabic (advanced proficiency: speaking)Commentary
Publications
Multimedia
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What's Next? Egyptian Elections
May 15, 2012
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