Michael Rubin facts for kids
Michael Rubin is an American expert on the Middle East. He was born in 1971. He works as a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). This is a research group that studies public policy. Mr. Rubin also worked for the Pentagon, which is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. There, he focused on issues in the Middle East. He also served as a political advisor in Iraq for the Coalition Provisional Authority. This was a temporary government set up after the 2003 war.
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Michael Rubin
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| Born | 1971 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| Education | Yale University, B.S. biology, 1994 Yale University, Ph.D. history, 1999 |
About Michael Rubin
Early Life and Education
Michael Rubin grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He went to Yale University. He earned two degrees from Yale. In 1994, he received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in biology. Later, in 1999, he earned a Ph.D. in history. His Ph.D. research paper was about the history of Iran. It was called The Making of Modern Iran, 1858–1909: Communications, Telegraph and Society. This paper won a special award from Yale University.
Career and Work
Mr. Rubin has taught history at several universities. These include Yale University, Hebrew University in Israel, and Johns Hopkins University. He also taught as a visiting lecturer in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. He taught at universities like the University of Sulaymaniyah and Salahaddin University.
From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Rubin worked for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He was an advisor on issues related to Iran and Iraq. Between 2003 and 2004, he was a political advisor. He worked for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, Iraq.
From 2004 to 2009, he was an editor for the Middle East Quarterly. This is a magazine that writes about the Middle East. He has also received special research grants. These came from groups like the Council on Foreign Relations.
For many years, from 2007 to 2021, Mr. Rubin taught military leaders. He taught senior officers from the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Navy. He taught them before they went to places like Iraq, the Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan. He taught at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Today, Michael Rubin is also a contributing editor. He writes for an online website called 19FortyFive. This website focuses on national security topics.
