Career Foreign Service Officer (Ret), teacher,
author and consultant on the Middle East, Saudi Arabia and
terrorism.
Phone: 703 978-4420
Email: drdavidelong[at symbol]cs.com. |

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Career Foreign Service Officer (Ret), teacher, author and consultant
on the Middle East, Saudi Arabia and terrorism.
David E. Long is a consultant on Middle East and Gulf affairs and
international terrorism. He served in the U.S. Foreign Service
from 1962-1993, with assignments in the Sudan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and
Jordan. His Washington assignments included deputy director of the
State Department's Office of Counter Terrorism for Regional Policy, a
member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff, and chief of
the Near East Research Division in the Bureau of Intelligence and
Research Bureau. He was also detailed to the Institute for
National Strategic Studies of the National Defense University in
Washington, 1991-92, and to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 1989-91, where
he served as visiting professor of international relations and in
1990-91 as acting head of the humanities department. He received a
B.A. in history from Davidson College, an M.A. in political science from
the University of North Carolina, an M.A. in international relations
from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a Ph.D. in
international relations from the George Washington University.
Author of a number of books on the Middle East, Saudi Arabia
terrorism, including The Hajj Today, The United States and Saudi
Arabia: Ambivalent Allies, The Anatomy of Terrorism, The
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and The Culture and Customs of Saudi
Arabia.
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