RAND Expert Biography
Audra K. Grant
Political Scientist
Office
Washington
Expertise
Middle East politics and issues related to governance and reform, and the dynamics of political Islam, U.S. foreign policy, Muslim public opinion
Recent Work
Dynamics of political Islam in North Africa and the Levant; democratization in Morocco and Algeria; political futures of Iraq; social service provision functions of Islamist organizations in Iraq
Previous Positions
Guest Professor, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco; Senior Public Opinion and Policy Analyst, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Depart-ment of State
Education
Ph.D. in political science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; B.S. in journalism, Northwestern University
Publications of Interest
"Trafficking in Africa," in Smuggling and the Threat to National Security, Praeger, forthcoming
"The Structure of Attitudinal Support for Democracy: The Case of the Palestinian Authority," Arab Studies Quarterly, Fall 2002
"A Test of the Gender and Pacifism Hypothesis: Findings from Israel and the Arab World," Audra Grant et al., in Conflict and International Relations in the Arab World, University of California, 2001
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
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