Professional Experience & Positions
Director & Founder of the Middle East Forum Served in various capacities in the U.S. government, including two presidentially-appointed positions Vice chairman of the Fulbright Board of Foreign Scholarships Member of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace Director of the Foreign Policy Research Institute (1986-1993) Sits on five editorial boards Has testified before many congressional committees Worked on four presidential campaigns Areas of Expertise
Middle East Politics & Strategy Syria Islamic Terror |
Qualifications/Education Background
A.B. in History from Harvard University (1971) Ph.D. in History from Harvard University (1978) Mr. Pipes speaks French, and reads Arabic and German. Previous Appearances & Upcoming Events
Mr. Pipes frequently discusses current issues on television, appearing on such U.S. programs as ABC World News, Crossfire, Good Morning America, News-Hour with Jim Lehrer, Nightline, O'Reilly Factor, and The Today Show. He has appeared on leading television networks around the globe, including the BBC and Al-Jazeera, and has lectured in twenty-five countries. He has consulted on Middle Eastern topics for prominent financial, manufacturing, and service companies; law firms, bar associations, trade groups; agencies of the U.S. government; and law courts in the United States and Canada. Mr. Pipes has published in such magazines as the Atlantic Monthly, Commentary, Foreign Affairs, Harper's, National Review, New Republic, Time, and The Weekly Standard. More than a hundred American newspapers have carried his articles, including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. His writings have been translated into twenty-nine languages and have appeared in such newspapers as ABC, Corriere della Sera, The Daily Telegraph, Le Figaro, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, The Sydney Morning Herald, and Die Zeit. His articles are also found on hundreds of websites. - Apr 15 - 6:30 p.m., Intelligence Squared: Sydney Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney, Australia
To debate: "Islam is incompatible with democracy" - Apr 23 - 8:15 p.m., Univ. of California - Santa Barbara, Embarcadero Hall
"Five 'I's - Iraq, Iran, Israel, Islamism, Islam in Europe" - Apr 29, Univ. of California - Berkeley
"The Threat of Totalitarian Islam"
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Brief Biography
His website, DanielPipes.org, is one of the most accessed internet sources of specialized information on the Middle East and Islam. It offers an archive of his work and an opportunity to sign-up to receive e-mails of his writings as they appear. The Wall Street Journal calls Mr. Pipes "an authoritative commentator on the Middle East." CBS Sunday Morning says he was "years ahead of the curve in identifying the threat of radical Islam." "Unnoticed by most Westerners," he wrote for example in 1995, "war has been unilaterally declared on Europe and the United States." The Boston Globe states that "If Pipes's admonitions had been heeded, there might never have been a 9/11." Mr. Pipes founded the Middle East Forum (MEForum.org), an independent 501(c)3 organization, in 1994. With a US$1.3 million budget, the Forum's mission is "promoting American interests" through publications, research, media outreach, and public education. The Forum publishes the Middle East Quarterly, runs lectures series in four cities, and sponsors Campus Watch (Campus-Watch.org), a project to review, critique, and improve Middle East studies. |
