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.ineconomics from Santa Barbara, his Master's degreeinpublic policy from Berkeley, and a Ph.D.inpolitical science from UCLA. His dissertation was on "the limits to domestic influence on U.S. Middle East Policy".[6] He was a postdoctoral fellowatUC 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]
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