Currently teaches US Foreign Policy at American University
Has previously held teaching positions in government and politics at Richmond College in Surrey, UK, the University of Kansas and Bowdoin College
Has published numerous articles in a variety of journals and has written two books: "China’s Changing Relations with the Middle East" (1991) and "Revolutionary Horizons: Regional Foreign Policy in post- Khomeini Iran"(1994)
"...to promote knowledge of the Middle East in America and strengthen understanding of the United States by the people and governments of the region."
-- MEI Mission Statement