Interviews
Walter Mondale: Vice President during Jimmy Carter's Presidency
"Walter Mondale was a liberal Democrat, active in the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. He served as state attorney general from 1960-1964. When Hubert Humphrey became vice president in 1964, Mondale was appointed to replace him in the U.S. Senate, where he served until 1977. In 1976 Jimmy Carter chose Mondale to be his vice president." (Minnesota Historical Library)
"Elected vice president as Carter's running mate in 1976, he was a key participant in the negotiations between Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin that resulted in the Camp David Accords." (Encyclopedia Brittanica) |
William B. Quandt: Edward R. Stettinus Professor of Politics: University of Virginia
"In the fall of 1994, William B. Quandt joined the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he holds the Edward R. Stettinius chair. From 2000 to 2003, he also served as Vice Provost for International Affairs at the University. He teaches courses on the Middle East and American Foreign Policy. Prior to this appointment, he was a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, where he conducted research on the Middle East, American policy toward the Arab-Israeli conflict, and energy policy." (Virginia.edu)
"Dr. Quandt has received a number of research grants, including a Social Science Research Council International Fellowship (1966-1968), the Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship (1972-1973), and the National Defense Education Act Fellowship (1963-1965). During 1987-88, he was President of the Middle East Studies Association. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the American University in Cairo and the Foundation for Middle East Peace. In 2004, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2005 he received the All-University Teaching Award at the University of Virginia. In 2012, he was the recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Award from the University of Virginia, the highest award for scholarship and service given by the University." (Virginia.edu) Dr. Quandt played a key role in the Camp David Negotiations, and was present at the time of the Accords. |
Aaron David Miller: Vice President for New Initiatives; Distinguished Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
"Between 2006 and 2008, he [Aaron David Miller] was a Public Policy Scholar when he wrote his fourth book The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace (Bantam, 2008). His other books include The Arab States and the Palestine Question: Between Ideology and Self Interest, The PLO and the Politics of Survival, and The Search for Security, Saudi Arabian Oil and American Foreign Policy." "For the prior two decades, he served at the Department of State as an advisor to Republican and Democratic Secretaries of State, where he helped formulate U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israel peace process, most recently as the Senior Advisor for Arab-Israeli Negotiations. He also served as the Deputy Special Middle East Coordinator for Arab-Israeli Negotiations, Senior Member of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and in the Office of the Historian. He has received the department's Distinguished, Superior, and Meritorious Honor Awards." (Wilson Center) |
Pete Moore: Associate Professor of Political Science
"Dr. Moore's research interests include economic development and state-society relations in the Middle East and Africa, specifically, Gulf Arab States and Levant, business-state relations, privatization, and decentralization, sub-state conflict and regional security." "Dr. Moore is currently the member of board of directors, for the Middle East Report. He is also the Director of the Northeast Ohio University Consortium for Middle East Studies. He is the member of the editorial board for the Middle East Report." (Case) |