Bruce O. Riedel (born 1953) is an American expert on U.S. security, South Asia, and counter-terrorism. He is currently a senior fellow in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, and a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He also serves as a senior adviser at Albright Stonebridge Group.
Riedel, a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst and counter-terrorism expert, served in the Agency for 29 years until his retirement in 2006. He has advised four presidents on Middle East and South Asian issues in the White House on the staff of the National Security Council (NSC).
He is a contributor to several periodicals and an author of books examining topics related to his areas of expertise — counter-terrorism, Arab-Israeli relations, Persian Gulf security, and South Asia, especially India and Pakistan.
Bruce O. Riedel (born 1953) is an American expert on U.S. security, South Asia, and counter-terrorism. He is currently a senior fellow in the Saban Center...
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be searched, but he surprised me by blowing himself up." According to BruceRiedel, a former CIA officer and director of the Intelligence Project at the...
time, at a cost to the government of $2,000 each. The political analyst BruceRiedel argued that the US began to raise the issue of slavery after the meeting...
East, as a critical part of the wider "Arab Spring". Former CIA analyst BruceRiedel speculated that the death would intensify protesting in Syria and Yemen...
Kashmiri militant group associated with al-Qaeda. Kashmiri was described by BruceRiedel as a 'prominent' al-Qaeda member, while others described him as the head...
29, 2008)) Beirut 1958: How America's Wars in the Middle East Began, BruceRiedel, Brookings Institution Press, Oct 29, 2019: "Sergeant James R. Nettles...
misses the strategic element of the ISI's revival of Jaish-e-Mohammad... BruceRiedel (5 January 2016). "Blame Pakistani Spy Service for Attack on Indian Air...
fighting, Pakistan sought American help in de-escalating the conflict. BruceRiedel, who was then an aide to President Bill Clinton, reported that US intelligence...
1987: 1985. The Moshe Dayan Center. pp. 636. ISBN 978-0-8133-0925-5. BruceRiedel (2019). Beirut 1958: How America's Wars in the Middle East Began. Washington...
sought asylum, including Robert Pelletreau of the State Department and BruceRiedel of the National Security Council, said they found nothing in Khilewi's...
Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2011. BruceRiedel (September–October 2011). "Brezhnev in the Hejaz". The National Interest...
had fled the kingdom were justifiably concerned about their safety. BruceRiedel, a former CIA analyst and director of the Brookings Intelligence Project...
1944–1960". Nuclear weapon archive. 30 March 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2013. BruceRiedel (28 June 2012). "JFK's Overshadowed Crisis". The National Interest. Retrieved...
Journal. 6 (1): 42–64. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2012. BruceRiedel (2019). Kings and Presidents Saudi Arabia and the United States since...
restructuring in order to counter "internal threats to the Islamic Republic." BruceRiedel, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and former CIA analyst...
chilling effect on coverage of national security issues. In January 2013, BruceRiedel, a former intelligence adviser to Barack Obama who had turned down an...
directly, and even deliberately, provoked the Soviets to send in troops. BruceRiedel, however, believes that the U.S. aid was intended primarily to improve...
for Taliban operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Former CIA analyst BruceRiedel is quoted as saying "The entire Western intelligence community, CIA and...
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