Reuel Marc Gerecht

Senior Fellow at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Former CIA Case Officer

Reuel Marc Gerecht is a former case officer for the CIA, where he served as a Middle Eastern targets officer with the CIA’s directorate of operations. He is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a non-partisan organization centered on national security, where he focuses on Iran, sanctions, terrorism, and the Middle East. He is the author of “Know Thy Enemy: A Spy’s Journey into Revolutionary Iran” and “The Islamic Paradox: Shiite Clerics, Sunni Fundamentalists, and the Coming of Arab Democracy,” among others.

Debates Featuring Reuel Marc Gerecht

Unresolved: Shifting Power in the Middle East

Saudi Arabia and Iran are vying for regional dominance. Turkey is cozying up to Russia and China. And instability, conflict, and proxy wars have engulfed Syria, Yemen, and beyond. How should the United States respond…

With Michael Doran, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Bernard Haykel, Brett McGurk, Barbara Slavin

September 12, 2019

Unresolved: U.S. National Security

For the United States, tensions are rising with both allies and adversaries. Rogue states are racing to master new technologies and create weapons of mass destruction. And faith in international institutions is seemingly deteriorating. What…

With Derek Chollet, Stephen F. Cohen, Reuel Marc Gerecht, John J. Mearsheimer, Kori Schake

September 20, 2018

Better Elected Islamists Than Dictators

The popular uprisings of the Arab Spring have left a leadership void that Islamist parties have been quick to fill. A longtime supporter of former strongmen like Egypt’s Mubarak and Tunisia’s Ben Ali, the U.S.…

With Reuel Marc Gerecht, M. Zuhdi Jasser, Brian Katulis, Daniel Pipes

October 4, 2012

We Must Tolerate a Nuclear Iran

There is no doubt that a nuclear Iran would be a danger to the United States and its allies. But would the costs of going to war outweigh the costs of tolerating a nuclear Iran? …

With Patrick Clawson, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Bill Kristol, George Perkovich, Karim Sadjadpour, Sanam Vakil

September 27, 2006

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