Michael Sharnoff, Ph.D.
Director, Strategic Regional Initiatives; Associate Professor of Middle East Studies
Dr. Michael Sharnoff is an Associate Professor of Middle East Studies at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School and Director of the Regional Studies Program.
Dr. Sharnoff has substantial congressional experience on Capitol Hill and has worked at influential policy centers in Washington DC. A renowned authority in his field, he also publishes frequently on the Middle East and his opinion is sought out and quoted in the national media. His articles have appeared in major publications including Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Huffington Post, Al Arabiya, Palestine-Israel Journal and Your Middle East.
Additionally, Dr. Sharnoff is a senior analyst at Wikistrat, a geo-political risk consultancy firm, and his speaking engagements include appearances at the Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship Program and Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
Sharnoff has traveled extensively in the Middle East and has lived in three major world capitals, including London and Tel Aviv. In fall 2012, he founded Sharnoff’s Global Views, a global op-ed forum that enables its international members to communicate directly with the American people. The site is a professional platform for activists, analysts, spiritual leaders, politicians, and educators. Special emphasis is given to women’s rights, reform, and democracy.
Dr. Sharnoff received a bachelor’s in history from the College of Charleston and a master’s in Middle Eastern History from Tel Aviv University. He completed a Ph.D. in Middle East Studies from King’s College, London, and his research interests include the Arab-Israeli conflict, Political Islam, and contemporary Middle Eastern history.
RECENT
MEDIA
Putin-Erdogan deal on Syria demilitarized zone heads off showdown, pending bloodbath
“Syria is a proxy battlefield,” said Michael Sharnoff, associate professor of Middle East studies at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security. “The Turks are supporting rebel groups, the Saudis are in there supporting rebel groups. You have the Russians and Iranians in there supporting the regime. It’s not like what happens in Syria stays in Syria.”
U.S. backed in corner as Syria, Russia plan bloody assault in Idlib with chemical weapons in arsenal
“There’s always been overlapping or unclear objectives. There’s never been an unambiguous strategy. Unlike the Russians, as we know, who have always had one clear strategy: the preservation of the Assad regime. And they’ve backed that up with military force,” said Michael Sharnoff, associate professor of Middle East studies at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security.
RECENT
MEDIA
Putin-Erdogan deal on Syria demilitarized zone heads off showdown, pending bloodbath
“Syria is a proxy battlefield,” said Michael Sharnoff, associate professor of Middle East studies at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security. “The Turks are supporting rebel groups, the Saudis are in there supporting rebel groups. You have the Russians and Iranians in there supporting the regime. It’s not like what happens in Syria stays in Syria.”
U.S. backed in corner as Syria, Russia plan bloody assault in Idlib with chemical weapons in arsenal
“There’s always been overlapping or unclear objectives. There’s never been an unambiguous strategy. Unlike the Russians, as we know, who have always had one clear strategy: the preservation of the Assad regime. And they’ve backed that up with military force,” said Michael Sharnoff, associate professor of Middle East studies at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security.
HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST MEDIA RELEASES AND APPEARANCES
9/19/2018 – Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Vladimir Putin set Syria deal on demilitarized –
9/19/2018 –U.S. backed in corner as Syria, Russia plan bloody assault in Idlib
9/17/2018 – The Washington Times – Putin-Erdogan deal on Syria demilitarized zone heads off showdown, pending bloodbath –
9/16/2018 – Bashar Assad’s Idlib attack to test U.S. Syria, Russia policy –
8/3/2018 – Soran University – Ten students from Kurdistan will be able to study –
7/16/2018 – Have Putin and Netanyahu Struck a Grand Bargain? (Besa Center) –
7/10/2018 – Russia stays in the driver’s seat in Syria (Washington Post) –
7/09.2018 – Russia and the U.S. Have Common Interests in Syria (Washington Post)
7/9/2018 – Russia Analytical Report, July 2-9, 2018 | Russia Matters –
6/29/2018 – Daniel Morgan Graduate School takes practical approach to teaching –
2/27/2018 – Why Russia will prevail in Syria – The Washington Post –
1/4/2018 – Israel Has Driven the Gulf States Together (Washington Post) –
9/24/2017 – The Pervasiveness Of Anti-Semitism In Jordanian Media –
9/24/2017 – Jordan’s Media’s Depraved Anti-Semitism Puts in Question Close Ties –
6/2/2017 – PressReader – The Jewish Chronicle: 2017-06-02 – A humiliated Arab –
BOOKS
8/12/2017 – Nasser’s Peace : SHELDON KIRSHNER –
VIDEO INTERVIEWS
12/28/2017 – The Six Day War at 50, Part 1 on Vimeo –
JOURNALS
Fall 2012. “Inconsistent Policies for the Arab Uprising,” inFOCUS Quarterly.
08/2012 – “Israel’s Relationship with Egypt: An Uncertain Future,” Near East Quarterly, Issue IX
Vol. 18 No. 2&3, 2012 – “Can Palestinian Third Parties Make A Difference?” Palestine-Israel Journal
02/2012 – “Defining the Enemy as Israel, Zionist, Neo-Nazi or Jewish: The Propaganda War under Nasser’s Egypt, 1952-1967,”Vidal Sassoon Center International Center for the Study of Antisemitism.
Issue 4, Vol. 4, 03-06/2011 – “Nasser’s Arab Rivals: 1958-1967,” Institute for Security and Defense Analysis (Greece), Middle East Observer.
Spring 2009 – “The Syrian-Soviet Alliance,” inFOCUS Quarterly.
BOOK REVIEWS
WEBSITE
Sharnoff’s Global Views features unique and original commentary straight from the people who live it. Launched in 2012, Sharnoff’s Global Views is an independent website and exists solely for its contributors and readers.
