- Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies
- Dr. Michael Sharnoff - Associate Professor
Dr. Michael Sharnoff - Associate Professor
Michael Sharnoff is Associate Professor at the National Defense University’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. Prior to joining NESA, he served as Associate Professor of Middle East Studies and Director of Regional Studies at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security. While at DMGS, Dr. Sharnoff taught graduate courses on the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Arab Spring uprisings, and radical Islamist movements.
Prior to joining DMGS, Dr. Sharnoff worked at policy centers in Washington and has lectured for the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management (DISAM) at Wright-Patterson AFB. He publishes frequently on the Middle East and his articles have appeared in popular domestic and international media outlets. He is the founder of Sharnoff’s Global Views, an op-ed forum on foreign affairs.
He holds a Ph.D. in Middle East Studies from King’s College, London, and is the author of Nasser’s Peace: Egypt’s Response to the 1967 War with Israel (Routledge, 2017)
Areas of Expertise
The history and politics of Egypt and the Levant
The Arab-Israeli conflict
Radical Islamist movements
Publications
Books:
Nasser’s Peace: Egypt’s Response to the 1967 War with Israel (Routledge, 2017)
Journals and Magazines:
“Does Jordan Want the West Bank?” Middle East Quarterly (Vol. 27, Number 4, Fall 2020).
“Inconsistent Policies for the Arab Uprising,” inFOCUS Quarterly, Fall 2012.
“Can Palestinian Third Parties Make A Difference?” Palestine-Israel Journal (Vol. 18 No. 2 & 3, 2012).
“Defining the Enemy as Israel, Zionist, Neo-Nazi or Jewish: The Propaganda War under Nasser’s Egypt, 1952-1967,” Vidal Sassoon Center International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, February 2012.
“Nasser’s Arab Rivals: 1958-1967,” Institute for Security and Defense Analysis, Middle East Observer (Issue 2, Vol. 4, 2011).
“The Syrian-Soviet Alliance,” inFOCUS Quarterly (Vol. III, No. 1, Spring 2009).
Articles:
“How Big is Russia’s Win in Syria?” Russia Matters, November 6, 2019.
“Russia and the U.S. have Common Interests in Syria. But it may not Matter,” Washington Post, July 9, 2018.
“Why Russia will Prevail in Syria,” Washington Post, February 27, 2018.
“Iran has Driven Israel and the Gulf Arab States Together,” Washington Post, January 3, 2018.
“The Pervasiveness of anti-Semitism in Jordanian Media,” E-Notes, Foreign Policy Research Institute, September 2017.
“A Humiliated Arab World Turns to Islamism,” The Jewish Chronicle, June 6, 2017.
“Nasser’s Legacy on the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 War,” BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 472, May 21, 2017.
“Arab Decline and Iran’s Rising Influence,” Your Middle East, January 31, 2016.
“Egyptian attitudes toward the Yemen war,” Your Middle East, April 17, 2015.
“White House Needs to Support Egypt and Jordan with a Consistent Anti-Terrorism Strategy,” Huffington Post, March 10, 2015.
“Anticipate Greater Jordanian Role in the West Bank,” Your Middle East, July 4, 2013.
“Palestinian Attitudes toward Israel,” E-Notes: Middle East Media Monitor, Foreign Policy Research Institute, May 2012.
“Reexamining the Arab Peace Initiative,” Huffington Post, January 24, 2012.
“Post-Mubarak Egyptian Attitudes toward Israel,” E-Notes: Middle East Media Monitor, Foreign Policy Research Institute, October 2011.
“Looking Back: Nasser’s Inter-Arab Rivalries: 1958-1967,” al Arabiya, July 2011.
“Revisiting Nasser and Palestine after the 1967 War,” al Arabiya, June 2011.
Book Review:
Yehuda U. Blanga, The US, Israel, and Egypt: Diplomacy in the Shadow of Attrition, 1967-70 (London: Routledge, 2020). Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa Book Review, March 23, 2020.
Oroub El-Abed, Unprotected: Palestinians in Egypt since 1948 (Washington, DC: Institute for Palestine Studies, 2009). Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa Book Review, May 18, 2010.
Education
Ph.D., Middle East Studies, King’s College, London
M.A., Middle Eastern History, Tel Aviv University
B.A., History, College of Charleston
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