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'''Ray Takeyh''' is an [[Iranian-American]] [[Middle East]] scholar, former [[United States Department of State]] official, and a Senior Fellow at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/world/middleeast/28iran.html U.S. Is Seeking a Range of Sanctions Against Iran]</ref> |
'''Ray Takeyh''' is an [[Iranian-American]] [[Middle East]] scholar, former [[United States Department of State]] official, and a Senior Fellow at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/world/middleeast/28iran.html U.S. Is Seeking a Range of Sanctions Against Iran]</ref> |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Ray Takeyh was born to an [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] family in [[Tehran]], Iran in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zinda 16 October 2006|url=http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2006/10.16.06/index_mon.php|website=www.zindamagazine.com|access-date=2020-05-10}}</ref> His family has origins in the village of [[ |
Ray Takeyh was born to an [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] family in [[Tehran]], Iran in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zinda 16 October 2006|url=http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2006/10.16.06/index_mon.php|website=www.zindamagazine.com|access-date=2020-05-10}}</ref> His family has origins in the village of [[Takyeh, West Azerbaijan|Takeyh-Ardishai]] in [[Urmia]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zinda 16 October 2006|url=http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2006/10.16.06/index_mon.php|website=www.zindamagazine.com|access-date=2020-05-10}}</ref> He obtained his doctorate from the [[University of Oxford]]. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Before joining the council, he was a fellow in international security studies at [[Yale University]], a fellow at the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]], a professor at the [[National War College]], and a professor and director of studies at the Near East and South Asia Center at the [[National Defense University]]. He is married to [[Suzanne Maloney]], |
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Brookings Institution Deputy Director of Foreign Policy, also |
Brookings Institution Deputy Director of Foreign Policy, also an Iran analyst.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/clinton-foundation-donor-violated-iran-sanctions-tried-to-sell-747s-to-tehran|title = Clinton Foundation Donor Violated Iran Sanctions, Tried to Sell 747s to Tehran|newspaper = The Daily Beast|date = 10 July 2015|last1 = Shirazi|first1 = Michael Weiss}}</ref> |
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Takeyh has written extensively on [[Iran]] and |
Takeyh has written extensively on [[Iran]] and U.S. policy toward the Middle East. He has testified several times before various committees of the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]. He has appeared as an Iran expert on a variety of television programs, including the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] ''[[The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer|Newshour]]''. |
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Takeyh assisted [[Dennis Ross]] in 2009 in the latter's position as senior Iran advisor at the U.S. State Department.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.armscontrol.org/new_administration_members|title=New Members of the Obama Administration|date=May 7, 2009|publisher=Arms Control Association|accessdate=July 14, 2015}}</ref> |
Takeyh assisted [[Dennis Ross]] in 2009 in the latter's position as senior Iran advisor at the U.S. State Department.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.armscontrol.org/new_administration_members|title=New Members of the Obama Administration|date=May 7, 2009|publisher=Arms Control Association|accessdate=July 14, 2015}}</ref> |
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==Books== |
==Books== |
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* Ray Takeyh, ''The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty'' (Yale University Press, 2021). {{ISBN|978-0-30-025626-0}} |
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* Ray Takeyh, ''Guardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs'' (Oxford University Press, 2009). {{ISBN|978-0-19-532784-7}} |
* Ray Takeyh, ''Guardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs'' (Oxford University Press, 2009). {{ISBN|978-0-19-532784-7}} |
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* Ray Takeyh, ''[http://www.cfr.org/publication/11118/hidden_iran.html Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic]'' (Times Books/Henry Holt, 2006). {{ISBN|0-8050-7976-9}} |
* Ray Takeyh, ''[http://www.cfr.org/publication/11118/hidden_iran.html Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic]'' (Times Books/Henry Holt, 2006). {{ISBN|0-8050-7976-9}} |
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* Ray Takeyh, [[Nikolas Gvosdev]], ''[http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C7628.aspx The Receding Shadow of the Prophet: The Rise and Fall of Radical Political Islam]'' (Praeger Publishers, 2004). {{ISBN|0-275-97628-9}} |
* Ray Takeyh, [[Nikolas Gvosdev]], ''[http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C7628.aspx The Receding Shadow of the Prophet: The Rise and Fall of Radical Political Islam]'' (Praeger Publishers, 2004). {{ISBN|0-275-97628-9}} |
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* Ray Takeyh, ''The Origins of the Eisenhower Doctrine: The United States, Britain and Nasser's Egypt, 1953–1957'' (Macmillan Press, 2000) |
* Ray Takeyh, ''The Origins of the Eisenhower Doctrine: The United States, Britain, and Nasser's Egypt, 1953–1957'' (Macmillan Press, 2000) |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* [http://www.cfr.org/bios/9599/ray_takeyh.html Ray Takeyh's Council on Foreign Relations web page] |
* [http://www.cfr.org/bios/9599/ray_takeyh.html Ray Takeyh's Council on Foreign Relations web page] |
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* [https://www.senate.gov/~foreign/testimony/2006/TakeyhTestimony060919.pdf Senate testimony] – September 19, 2006. |
* [https://www.senate.gov/~foreign/testimony/2006/TakeyhTestimony060919.pdf Senate testimony] – September 19, 2006. |
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* [https://www.thedailybeast.com/clinton-foundation-donor-violated-iran-sanctions-tried-to-sell-747s-to-tehran] |
* [https://www.thedailybeast.com/clinton-foundation-donor-violated-iran-sanctions-tried-to-sell-747s-to-tehran] |
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Ray Takeyh is an Iranian-American Middle East scholar, former United States Department of State official, and a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.[1]
Early life
[edit]Ray Takeyh was born to an Assyrian family in Tehran, Iran in 1966.[2] His family has origins in the village of Takeyh-Ardishai in Urmia.[3] He obtained his doctorate from the University of Oxford.
Career
[edit]Before joining the council, he was a fellow in international security studies at Yale University, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a professor at the National War College, and a professor and director of studies at the Near East and South Asia Center at the National Defense University. He is married to Suzanne Maloney, Brookings Institution Deputy Director of Foreign Policy, also an Iran analyst.[4]
Takeyh has written extensively on Iran and U.S. policy toward the Middle East. He has testified several times before various committees of the U.S. Senate. He has appeared as an Iran expert on a variety of television programs, including the PBS Newshour.
Takeyh assisted Dennis Ross in 2009 in the latter's position as senior Iran advisor at the U.S. State Department.[5]
Books
[edit]- Ray Takeyh, The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty (Yale University Press, 2021). ISBN 978-0-30-025626-0
- Ray Takeyh, Guardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs (Oxford University Press, 2009). ISBN 978-0-19-532784-7
- Ray Takeyh, Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic (Times Books/Henry Holt, 2006). ISBN 0-8050-7976-9
- Ray Takeyh, Nikolas Gvosdev, The Receding Shadow of the Prophet: The Rise and Fall of Radical Political Islam (Praeger Publishers, 2004). ISBN 0-275-97628-9
- Ray Takeyh, The Origins of the Eisenhower Doctrine: The United States, Britain, and Nasser's Egypt, 1953–1957 (Macmillan Press, 2000)
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Is Seeking a Range of Sanctions Against Iran
- ^ "Zinda 16 October 2006". www.zindamagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ "Zinda 16 October 2006". www.zindamagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ Shirazi, Michael Weiss (10 July 2015). "Clinton Foundation Donor Violated Iran Sanctions, Tried to Sell 747s to Tehran". The Daily Beast.
- ^ "New Members of the Obama Administration". Arms Control Association. May 7, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Ray Takeyh's Council on Foreign Relations web page
- Senate testimony – September 19, 2006.
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- [1]
Categories:
- 1966 births
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Iranian Assyrian people
- Iranian expatriate academics
- Living people
- Middle Eastern studies in the United States
- The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- American people of Iranian-Assyrian descent
- Academics from Tehran
- Iranian emigrants to the United States
- Members of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America