Christopher Boucek is an associate in the Carnegie Middle East Program where his research focuses on regional security challenges.
Before joining the Carnegie Endowment, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University and lecturer in Politics at the Woodrow Wilson School. He was also previously a media analyst at the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C., and worked for several years at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in London, where he remains an associate fellow. From 2003 to 2005, he was a security editor with Jane’s Information Group.
Boucek has written widely on the Middle East, Central Asia, and terrorism for a variety of publications including the Washington Post, CTC Sentinel, Jane’s Intelligence Review, Journal of Libyan Studies, Strategic Insights, and Terrorism Monitor.
Selected publications:
“The Counseling Program: Extremist Rehabilitation in Saudi Arabia,” in Leaving Terrorism Behind: Disengagement from Political Violence, Tore Bjørgo and John Horgan, eds. (Routledge, September 2008); “Opening up the Jihadi Debate: Yemen’s Committee for Dialogue,” written with Shazadi Beg and John Horgan, in Leaving Terrorism Behind: Disengagement from Political Violence, Tore Bjørgo and John Horgan, eds. (Routledge, September 2008); “Maintaining Gazpromistan: Politics of Turkmen Gas Exports,” in Energy Security and Global Politics: The Militarization of Resource Management, James A. Russell and Daniel Moran, eds. (Routledge, 2008); “US attempts to secure Gulf energy supplies,” Jane’s Intelligence Digest, February 2008; “The Saudi Process of Repatriating and Reintegrating Guantanamo Returnees,” CTC Sentinel, volume 1, issue 1, December 2007; “Extremist Reeducation and Rehabilitation in Saudi Arabia,” Terrorism Monitor, volume 5, issue 16, 16 August 2007.
Areas of Expertise
Middle East, U.S. Foreign Policy, Central Asia, energy, terrorism, de-radicalization, rehabilitation, and disengagement strategies
Education
Ph.D. and M.A.,
