Speaking

I am open to speaking engagements and appearances. Get in touch here. 

“2025 Security Opportunities in the MENA Region,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, August 25-29, 2025.

“U.S. Diplomacy in the Middle East,” Invited Lecturer, Reserve Component National Security Course (RCNSC), National Defense University, July 18, 2025.

“The Middle East and U.S. Policy,” Invited Speaker, Israel National Defense College, June 16, 2025.

“Israel, the Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy,” Invited Speaker, Temple Beth Ami, June 13, 2025.

“Trump 2.0 and the Middle East,” Invited Speaker, The Washington Center National Security Seminar 2025, May 14, 2025.

“Maritime Security: Present Challenges and Opportunities for Cooperation,” Invited Speaker, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, April 25, 2025.

“Strategic Analysis on the Situation in the Middle East,” Invited Speaker, Saudi NDU War College Students Visit, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, April 24, 2025.

“2025 Lebanese Armed Forces Seminar,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, April 7-11, 2025.

“Israel Indo-Pacific Roundtable Virtual Workshop,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, March 24-25, 2025.

“What To Expect From The Trump Administration’s Middle East Policy,” Invited Speaker, Beth Shalom, February 27, 2025.

“U.S. Diplomacy in the Middle East,” Invited Lecturer, Reserve Component National Security Course (RCNSC), National Defense University, February 3, 2025.

“The Post-Assad Era in Syria,” Moderator, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, January 23, 2025.

“Conflict Resolution, Cooperation, and Challenges in the MENA Region,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, December 9-13, 2024.

“Security Opportunities in the MENA Region Seminar,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, August 19-23, 2024.

“The Indo-Pacific, MARSEC, and Technology,” Program Facilitator, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, July 22 – August 2, 2024.

“U.S. Diplomacy in the Middle East,” Invited Lecturer, Reserve Component National Security Course (RCNSC), National Defense University, July 12, 2024.

“2024 Air War College International Officer Seminar,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, June 6, 2024.

“Quest for Peace in the Middle East,” Invited Speaker, The Washington Center, May 16, 2024.

“U.S. Diplomacy in the Middle East,” Invited Lecturer, Reserve Component National Security Course (RCNSC), National Defense University, April 12, 2024.

“Israel Indo-Pacific Roundtable Virtual Workshop,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, March 27-28, 2024.

“Jordan’s West Bank Challenge,” Invited Speaker, Lesley J. McNair Colloquium, National Defense University, March 21, 2024.

“Washington Seminar: Strategic Reengagement in the Middle East,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, February 14, 2024.

“Strategic Competition and Regional Cooperation,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, December 4-15, 2023.

“Washington Embassy Orientation and Washington Seminar 2023,” Invited Speaker, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, November 3, 2023.

“Emerging Security Platforms in the Digital Age,” Program Facilitator, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, September 11-15, 2023.

“Security Opportunities in the MENA Region,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, August 21-25, 2023.

“New and Emerging Security Challenges: Employing Whole of Society Solutions,” Invited Speaker, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, July 25, 2023.

“U.S. Diplomacy in the Middle East,” Invited Lecturer, Reserve Component National Security Course (RCNSC), National Defense University, July 13, 2023.

“Negev Forum Regional Security Working Group: Opportunities for Enhancing Collective Security in the Middle East and North Africa,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, June 5-8, 2023.

“Israel and the Middle East,” Invited Speaker, United States Army Central Command (ARCENT) Commander’s Conference, Shaw Airforce Base, April 20, 2023.

“An Evolving World Order,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, April 10-14, 2023.

“U.S. Diplomacy in the Middle East,” Invited Lecturer, Reserve Component National Security Course (RCNSC), National Defense University, April 5, 2023.

“Russian Foreign Policy in the Middle East,” Invited Lecturer, Yarmouk University, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, January 16, 2023.

“Strategic Power Competition in a Multipolar World,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, December 5-16, 2022.

“Jordan Before and After 1967,” Discussant, Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, Fifteenth Annual Conference, Washington, DC, November 5-7, 2022.

“The Abraham Accords: Challenges and Opportunities,” Invited Speaker, Council of Former Federal Executives & Associates, September 22, 2022.

“Managing New Technology and Security,” Program Facilitator, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, July 25-August 5, 2022.

“Evolving U.S. National Security in the Middle East and South Asia,” Invited Speaker, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, July 19-21, 2022.

“Israel/Jordan Trust to Enhance Defense and Security Cooperation,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, June 6-10, 2022.

“Back to Basics: U.S. Security Partnerships in the Middle East,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, April 18-22, 2022.

“Changing Jordanian Attitudes Toward the West Bank,” Invited Speaker, Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, Webinar Series, April 12, 2022.

“New and Emerging Security Challenges,” Program Facilitator, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, December 6-17, 2021.

“Global and Regional Power Competition,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, November 15-19, 2021.

“Qatari Diplomatic Institute Virtual Seminar,” Invited Speaker, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, November 8-10, 2021.

“Washington Embassy Orientation,” Moderator, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, October 18-22, 2021.

“Iraq Capstone and Iraq’s National Defense College,” Invited Speaker, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, September 20-24, 2021.

“Israel/Jordan Trust to Enhance Defense and Security Cooperation,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, August 9-12, 2021.

“Migration and the Levant,” Moderator, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, the George C. Marshall Center for Security Studies and the European Institute of the Mediterranean, May 26, 2021.

“Navigating a Multi-crisis Environment,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, April 6-9, 2021.

“The Adaptability of Violent Extremist Organizations: Illegality, Technology and Messaging,” Program Facilitator, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, March 29 – April 2 2021.

“What to Expect to Happen in the Middle East and Israel Post Trump,” Invited Speaker, Woodmont Country Club, March 16, 2021.

“Development in a Period of Great Power Competition,” Program Facilitator, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, February 1-11, 2021.

“Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians,” Invited Speaker, Northwest Neighbors Village, January 26, 2021.

“Unseen Opponents: The Security Challenges of Pandemics,” Course Director, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, December 7-17, 2020.

“Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians: The Struggle for the West Bank,” Invited Speaker, Shaare Tefila Congregation, December 2, 2020.

“The United States and Israel in the Next Administration: A Strategic Assessment,” Invited Speaker, Beth Shalom, November 15, 2020.

“Shifting Dynamics of the Middle East: Israel and its Neighbors,” Invited Speaker, Council of Former Federal Executives & Associates, November 9, 2020.

“Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians: The Struggle for the West Bank,” Invited Speaker, Temple Beth Ami, November 1, 2020.

“Israel, the Palestinians, and the Arab States,” Invited Lecturer, Washington Hebrew Congregation, July 8, 2020.

“Gamal Abdel Nasser’s Support of the Palestinian Cause: A Critical Assessment,” Invited Panelist, Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, Twelfth Annual Conference, Washington, DC, October 31-November 2, 2019.

“The Rise of the Non-Arab States in the Middle East,” Invited Speaker, The Cosmos Club, Washington, DC, October 28, 2019.

“Critical Issues in US National Security,” Invited Panelist, Daniel Morgan Graduate School, in support of the George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management’s Washington DC Global Residency Program, July 18, 2019.

“The Rise of the Non-Arab States in the Middle East,” Invited Lecturer, High Point University, April 9, 2019.

“Strange Bedfellows: Israel and Saudi Arabia, from the Cold War to the Present,” Invited Panelist, Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, Eleventh Annual Conference, Washington, DC, November 1-3, 2018.

“The Great Game in the Levant,” Discussant, Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, Eleventh Annual Conference, Washington, DC, November 1-3, 2018.

“Defense in the 21st Century,” Invited Panelist, American Veterans Center Annual Conference, October 26, 2018.

“Syria and the Greater Middle East in 2020 and Beyond,” Invited Presenter, National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, April 5, 2018.

“Eliminating the Consequences of Aggression: Egypt’s Strategy after the 1967 War,” Invited Panelist, Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, Tenth Annual Conference, Washington, DC, October 19-21, 2017.

“The Six Day War at 50, Part 1,” Discussant, Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, Tenth Annual Conference, Washington, DC, October 19-21, 2017.

“Forecasting Global Energy Geopolitics and Markets,” Moderator, The Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security, September 26, 2017.

“Nasser’s Peace: Egypt’s Response to the 1967 War with Israel,” Book Talk, The Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security, May 10, 2017.

“The Influence of Extra-Regional Actors in the Western Hemisphere,” Moderator, The Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security, Western Security Hemisphere Conference, June 8, 2016.