Geoffrey Kemp is Director of Regional Strategic Programs at The Nixon Center. He served in the White House during the first Reagan administration as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs on the National Security Council Staff. Dr. Kemp received his Ph.D. in political science at M.I.T. and his M.A. and B.A. degrees from Oxford University. (click here for more biographical information)

• Arab- Israeli Conflict
• Iraq
• Iran
• Energy Security and Asia
• The Caspian Basin
• Geopolitics of the Middle East (including the Gulf States)

The East Moves West: India, China, and Asia's Growing Presence in the Middle East, Brookings Institution Press, 2010

"Iran and Iraq: The Shia Connection, Soft Power, and the Nuclear Factor," United States Institute of Peace, November, 2005