Ray Takeyh

Ray Takeyh is an American expert on Middle East politics and national security. He is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he studies and analyzes the complex relationships between the United States and the Middle East. Takeyh has written extensively on the region and has been a frequent commentator on television and radio. He has also served as a senior adviser on Iran to the Obama administration. Takeyh is a graduate of Yale University and has a master's degree in international relations from the University of Chicago.