Professor Barry Rubin is director of the Global Research for International Affairs (GLORIA) Center and a professor at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya. He is editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal and of the Turkish Studies journal. Professor Rubin's recent books include: "Hating America"; "Yasser Arafat: A Political Biography" and "The Tragedy of the Middle East". Professor Rubin, a weekly columnist for the Jerusalem Post, has written more than 40 book chapters, and his articles have appeared in varied international papers and magazines. Dr. Rubin has appeared on numerous TV shows such as "Nightline," "Face the Nation," "The David Brinkley Show," "CBS News," "The MacNeil Lehrer NewsHour," "The Larry King Show," CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. He has been a Fulbright Scholar, a Council on Foreign Relations Fellow and a U.S. Institute of Peace and Hebrew University Leonard Davis Center grantee. He has taught at Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and Georgetown University.