Halstead Communications, New York City, which has provided marketing and public relations services to higher-education and non-profit clients since 1980, offers the following Iraq experts.
Fawaz A. Gerges, Sarah Lawrence College
Fawaz A. Gerges studies Islam and the political process, fringe Islamist movements, Arab politics, American foreign policy in the Middle East, the modern history of the Middle East, history of conflict, diplomacy and foreign policy, historical sociology, and international relations. Gerges is chair of international affairs and Middle Eastern studies at Sarah Lawrence and earned a master's at London School of Economics and a Ph.D. at Oxford. He has done numerous print and electronic interviews on a variety of Middle Eastern issues.
Henri Barkey, Lehigh University
Henri Barkey, a terrorism expert who served two years (1998-2000) with the State Department's Policy Planning Staff working on Middle Eastern issues, says he still believes the U.S. can dismantle Saddam Hussein without firing a shot.
He still believes the U.S. and its allies can divide the Iraqi government by identifying 75 or 100 people closely associated with the Saddam regime and making them marked persons. Barkey is frequently is asked to comment on foreign policy by the national media, including MSNBC, NPR, BBC and The Lehrer News Hour, among others.
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