Bio:

Rachel Bronson joined The Chicago Council on global Affairs in January 2007 as Vice President, Programs and Studies. Prior to that, she served as Senior Fellow and Director, Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York.   

Author of Thicker Than Oil: America's Uneasy Partnership With Saudi Arabia. Recipient of the Carnegie Scholars Award for research on Islamic politics. 

Expertise:

U.S. security and foreign policy toward the Middle East; U.S. national security; Middle East politics and strategy; Persian Gulf; Iraq

Experience:

Adjunct Professor, Columbia University (2005); Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies (1997-99); consultant, Center for Naval Analyses (1998-99); Adjunct Professor, Columbia University (1995); Fellow, Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University (1994-96).

Honors:

Carnegie Scholars Award, Carnegie Corporation (2003); Smith Richardson Research Grant (1996-97); Alice Paul Dissertation Award (1995). 

Selected Publications:

Thicker Than Oil: America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia (Oxford University Press, 2006); "Understanding US-Saudi Relations," in Saudi Arabia in the Balance: Political Economy, Society, Foreign Affairs (C. Hurst & Col., Ltd, 2005); "Rethinking Religion: The Legacy of the U.S.-Saudi Relationship," Washington Quarterly (2005); "Where Credit is Due: The Provenance of Middle East Reform," National Interest (Summer 2005); Guiding Principles for U.S. Post-Conflict Policy in Iraq, Report of an Independent Working Group (Council on Foreign Relations Press/James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University, 2003); "When Soldiers Become Cops," Foreign Affairs (November/December 2002); "Questions of War and Timing," New York Times (2002).

More info:
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• What Saudi Arabia Wants - Good Neighbors - Rachel Bronson - SUSRIS IOI - Apr 17, 2007
• President Roosevelt and King Abdulaziz - The Meeting at Great Bitter Lake: A Conversation with Rachel Bronson - SUSRIS IOI - Feb 14, 2007
• The Time is Now in Saudi Arabia: A Conversation with Rachel Bronson-Part 1- SUSRIS Interview - Apr 26, 2006
• The Time is Now in Saudi Arabia: A Conversation with Rachel Bronson-Part 2 - SUSRIS Interview - Apr 27, 2006
• On Relations and Reforms: A Conversation with Rachel Bronson - SUSRIS Interview - May 31, 2005
• The Need for Education Reform - "Saudi System is the Problem" - by Rachel Bronson and Isobel Coleman - SUSRIS IOI - May 31, 2005
• President Roosevelt and King Abdulaziz - The Meeting at Great Bitter Lake: A Conversation with Rachel Bronson - SUSRIS Interview - Mar. 17, 2005
• Saudi Arabia in the Balance - Political Economy, Society, Foreign Affairs - SUSRIS Booknote - Nov. 27, 2005
• How Does the Saudi Relationship With the Bush Family Affect U.S. Foreign Policy? - An E-mail Debate between Craig Unger and Rachel Bronson - SUSRIS IOI - Aug. 4, 2004
• U.S.-Saudi Relations: Online Discussion with Rachel Bronson - SUSRIS IOI - Jul. 13, 2004