Michael Scott Doran

Michael Scott Doran (born April 25, 1962) is an American analyst, commentator, and scholar specializing in international politics and the Middle East. He is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, where his research and commentary have shaped discussions of American foreign policy. Previously, he was a senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. Doran has also served as a visiting professor at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University, and as an assistant professor in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, following earlier teaching at the University of Central Florida. He served in government as a senior director at the National Security Council and as deputy assistant secretary for public diplomacy at the U.S. Department of Defense during the George W. Bush administration. Doran publicly supported the invasion of Iraq. Provided by Wikipedia