BOSTON, MA – Michael Rubin, PhD, a former Pentagon official and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute will be honored with the inaugural Advocacy Award at the ANCA Eastern Region Endowment Fund’s 17th Annual Gala on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston. Rubin will be among one of the deserving individuals recognized for their advocacy work in support of Hai Tahd.
Dr. Rubin, who has an extensive background in foreign policy and Middle Eastern affairs, has a doctorate and a master’s in history from Yale University, where he also obtained a bachelor’s degree in biology. Dr. Rubin is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he specializes in Iran, Turkey and the broader Middle East. He has lectured at Yale University, various universities in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he was a fellow for The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations. Dr. Rubin has also served on the Council on Foreign Relations, as well the Office of the Secretary of Defense as a Staff Adviser on Iran and Iraq, and was an advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority during the Iraq War. Currently, he serves as a Contract Analyst for the Foreign Military Studies Office, a position he has held for nearly a decade.