Peter K. Bechtold

Chairman, Near East and North African Area Studies

Office of the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State, 1976-2006

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(703) 302-6876

EDUCATION

B.A. Portland State

M.A. Princeton University (Politics and Near East Studies)

Ph.D. Princeton University (Politics and Near East Studies)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1976-2006 Foreign Service Institute at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center

1975-76 Middle East Specialist, Federal Research Division, Library of Congress

1968-75 University of Maryland, College Park (Government and Politics)

1967-68 University of Oregon (Political Science)

1971-72 Senior Fullbright-Hayes Research Professor (Egypt)

1973&75 Scholar - Diplomat Intern at U.S. Department of State

1976 Professorial Lecturer, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University

1978-79/87 Professorial Lecturer, Georgetown University

1983/86/87 Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University

PUBLICATIONS

Politics in the Sudan: Parliamentary and Military Rule in an Emerging African Nation

"More Turbulence in Sudan: A New Politics This Time?" Middle East Journal, Autumn 1990, p. 579-595.

"The Contemporary Sudan," American-Arab Affairs, Fall 1983.

"New Attempts at Arab Cooperation: The Federation of Arab Republics, 1971-?", Middle East Journal, Spring 1973.

"Military Politics in the Sudan: The First Five Years of Ja'far Numayri," Middle East Journal, Winter 1975, p. 16-32.

Plus numerous short articles and reviews -- Political Leaders in the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa (Greenwood 1990), The Middle East from the Iran-Contra Affair to the Intifada (Syracuse University Press, 1991), Africa Today, Middle East Journal, MESA Bulletin and two encyclopedias.

Other: Numerous journeys to the Middle East, including field research for over three years and professional visits to all 25 countries in the Near East, North Africa and Central Asia.