About the Author

Thomas R. Mattair is a Washington-based author and consultant. He is an honors graduate of Harvard and has a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Mattair has taught at a number of American universities, including Kent State, the University of California at Riverside, and Cornell University. From 1992 through 1995, he was the Director of Research at the Middle East Policy Council in Washington.