Barnett Rubin Explained

Main Interests:Political Science
Birth Date:10 January 1950
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alma Mater:University of Chicago
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Yale University
Institutions:New York University
Columbia University
Yale University

Barnett Richard Rubin (born January 10, 1950[1]) is an American political scientist and a leading expert on Afghanistan and South Asia. He is the author of eight books and is currently senior fellow and director at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University, a leading foreign policy center. He was previously senior advisor to the US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He has advised the United Nations, NATO, the United States, and the Afghan government on numerous policy matters, including aid policy, security policy, and diplomatic strategy.

Early life and education

Raised in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area, he received his BA in history from Yale University and his MA and PhD in political science from the University of Chicago in 1982. He also received a Fulbright Fellowship to study at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris in 1977–1978.

He is fluent in English, French, and Hebrew, and intermediate in Arabic, Persian, and German.

Professional work

Rubin is director of studies and senior fellow at the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) of New York University,[2] where has worked since July 2000. From April 2009 until October 2013, he was the senior adviser to the special representative of for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the US Department of State.

Between 1994 and 2000, he served as director of the Center for Preventive Action and Director, Peace, and Conflict Studies at New York City's Council on Foreign Relations.

He was associate professor of political science and director of the Center for the Study of Central Asia at Columbia University from 1990 to 1996. Previous to this, he was a Jennings Randolph Peace Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace and assistant professor of political science at Yale University.

In November–December 2001 Rubin served as special advisor to the UN special representative of the secretary general for Afghanistan during the negotiations that led to the Bonn Agreement. He advised the United Nations on the drafting of the constitution of Afghanistan, the Afghanistan Compact, and the Afghanistan National Development Strategy.

Between 1996 and 1998, he served on the US secretary of state's Advisory Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad.

Works

Books

Also in other publications

Public service publications

Journalism and commentary

Other academic publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. "Barnett Richard Rubin". Contemporary Authors Online. March 29, 2007. Retrieved on December 18, 2010.
  2. Web site: Barnett Rubin Center on International Cooperation. cic.nyu.edu. en. 2018-02-10.