Mitchell Bard | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | UCLA ( PhD) University of California at Santa Barbara ( B.A.) [1] |
Known for | Executive director of American–Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), Director of Jewish Virtual Library |
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mitchellbard |
Mitchell Geoffrey Bard is an American foreign policy analyst, editor and author who specializes in U.S.–Middle East policy. He is the Executive Director of the nonprofit American–Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), [2] [3] [4] and the director of the Jewish Virtual Library. [5]
Bard received his academic degrees from the University of California (UC): B.A. in economics from Santa Barbara, his Master's degree in public policy from Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in political science from UCLA. His dissertation was on "the limits to domestic influence on U.S. Middle East Policy". [6] He was a postdoctoral fellow at UC Irvine from 1986 to 1987, researching the rescue by Israel of Ethiopian Jews from the Sudan, known as Operation Moses. [7] Bard lives in Maryland with his wife and two sons. [8]
Bard is a former editor of the Near East Report, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's ("AIPAC") weekly newsletter on U.S.-Middle East policy. [9] Before working for the AIPAC, he was a polling analyst for the George (H.W.) Bush for President Survey Research Group during the 1988 presidential election. He has been interviewed on Fox News, MSNBC, NBC, Al-Jazeera, The Jenny Jones Show and other media outlets. [10] [11]
In 2012, Bard attended the Israeli Presidential Conference. [12]
In 2013, he was on the Algemeiner's list of the Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life for his work. [13]
Mitchell Bard | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | UCLA ( PhD) University of California at Santa Barbara ( B.A.) [1] |
Known for | Executive director of American–Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), Director of Jewish Virtual Library |
Website |
mitchellbard |
Mitchell Geoffrey Bard is an American foreign policy analyst, editor and author who specializes in U.S.–Middle East policy. He is the Executive Director of the nonprofit American–Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), [2] [3] [4] and the director of the Jewish Virtual Library. [5]
Bard received his academic degrees from the University of California (UC): B.A. in economics from Santa Barbara, his Master's degree in public policy from Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in political science from UCLA. His dissertation was on "the limits to domestic influence on U.S. Middle East Policy". [6] He was a postdoctoral fellow at UC Irvine from 1986 to 1987, researching the rescue by Israel of Ethiopian Jews from the Sudan, known as Operation Moses. [7] Bard lives in Maryland with his wife and two sons. [8]
Bard is a former editor of the Near East Report, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's ("AIPAC") weekly newsletter on U.S.-Middle East policy. [9] Before working for the AIPAC, he was a polling analyst for the George (H.W.) Bush for President Survey Research Group during the 1988 presidential election. He has been interviewed on Fox News, MSNBC, NBC, Al-Jazeera, The Jenny Jones Show and other media outlets. [10] [11]
In 2012, Bard attended the Israeli Presidential Conference. [12]
In 2013, he was on the Algemeiner's list of the Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life for his work. [13]