Frederic Wehrey
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Education
Overview
Biography
Frederic Wehrey is a senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation. His research focuses on Persian Gulf security, Iran, Libya, civil–military relations, and U.S. policy in the Middle East. In the summer of 2008, he served as a strategic advisor to MNF-I in Baghdad, focusing on post-surge challenges. He has also served as an active-duty and reserve U.S. Air Force officer, with assignments in Turkey, Iraq, Libya, and elsewhere in the Middle East. Since the fall of 2009, he has been an adjunct professor of security studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He speaks and reads Arabic. He has been interviewed by major media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, PBS Newshour, NPR, BBC, and CNN. His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, The Washington Quarterly, Current History, Survival, Arab Reform Bulletin, Chicago Journal of International Law, and Small Wars and Insurgencies.
Research Focus
Previous Positions
Ten years as an active-duty U.S. Air Force officer focusing on Middle East affairs; deployed to Baghdad in 2003; later served as an Iran analyst on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon; completed fieldwork and professional assignments in Iraq, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, UAE, Yemen, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, Gaza, the West Bank, and IsraelRecent Projects
- Lessons Learned from NATO's Libya Intervention
- U.S. Defense Relationships after the Arab Spring
- Shi'ism in the Arab Gulf States
Selected Publications
Dalia Dassa Kaye, Frederic Wehrey, Michael Scott Doran, "Arab Spring, Persian Winter: Will Iran Emerge the Winner from the Arab Revolt?" Foreign Affairs, 90(4), 2011
Frederic Wehrey "The Iraq War: Strategic Overreach by America--and also al Qaeda," in Brian Michael Jenkins and John Godges, The Long Shadow of 9/11: America's Response to Terrorism, RAND Corporation (MG-1107-RC), 2011
Frederic Wehrey, "Uprisings Jolt the Saudi-Iranian Rivalry," Current History, 2011
Frederic Wehrey et al., The Iraq Effect: The Middle East After the Iraq War, RAND Corporation (MG-892-AF), 2010
Frederic Wehrey et al., Saudi-Iranian Relations Since the Fall of Saddam: Rivalry, Cooperation and Implications for U.S. Policy, RAND Corporation (MG-840), 2009
Frederic Wehrey et al., The Rise of the Pasdaran: Assessing the Domestic Roles of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, RAND Corporation (MG-821-OSD), 2009
Dalia Dassa Kaye and Frederic Wehrey, "A Nuclear Iran: The Reactions of Neighbours," Survival, 49(2):111-118, 2007
Frederic Wehrey, "A Clash of Wills: Hizballah's Psychological Campaign Against Israel in South Lebanon," Small Wars and Insurgencies, 13(2), 2001
Honors & Awards
- Frank Carlucci Investigator Award, RAND
- Cleveland Dodge Memorial Prize, Princeton University
- Bronze Star Medal, United States Army
Languages
ArabicRecent Media Appearances
Interviews: Associated Press; BBC World Service; Christian Science Monitor; CNN; New York Times; NPR; PBS Newshour; Reuters; TIME; Washington Post; Washington Times
Commentary: Arab Reform Bulletin; Christian Science Monitor; The Daily Star (Lebanon); ForeignAffairs.com; ForeignPolicy.com; United Press International
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