Michael S. Doran

Member FPRI Board of Advisors
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Photo of Michael Doran An expert on the international politics of the Middle East, Michael Doran has worked in both academia and government. In government he has served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and as a Senior Director at the National Security Council. He has held appointments at Princeton University, University of Central Florida, and NYU. A He has published frequently in Foreign Affairs magazine, and one of his articles, "Somebody Else's Civil War" (Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb 2002), was the first piece after 9/11 to interpret al-Qaeda's attacks on New York and Washington as an expression of a war within Islam-a thesis that is now common wisdom. Dr. Doran received his MA and Ph.D. in History from Princeton University.

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Who help make all our programs possible.

On November 15th at the FPRI annual dinner Fouad Ajami was presented with the Seventh Annual Benjamin Franklin Public Service Award. The event was attended by over 360 people.
Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr. was dinner chairman.

FPRI 2011 Annual Dinner

Video of keynote address
Reflections on the Arab Spring
Fouad Ajami

Special Partner Event
Al Qaeda and Jihadi Movements After Bin Laden
Christopher Swift

Special Partner Event
The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al Qaeda
Peter Bergen

FPRI Dinner Booklet and Annual report