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Grant Rumley testifying before Congress in 2022 - source: Kori Francis, The Washington Institute
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Grant Rumley is the Goldberger Fellow with The Washington Institute's Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Program on Great Power Competition and the Middle East, where he specializes in military and security affairs in the Middle East.

From 2018 to 2021, Grant served in both the Trump and Biden administrations as an advisor for Middle East Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. While in OSD Middle East Policy, Grant served in multiple roles, including as deputy chief of staff, Syria director, Jordan director, and Israel director. In this capacity, Grant supported senior Pentagon leadership on key defense issues in the Middle East. He is the recipient of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for Outstanding Achievement.

Prior to joining OSD, Grant was a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where his research focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is the co-author of The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahmoud Abbas (Prometheus, 2017), the first English-language biography of the Palestinian leader. Prior to joining FDD, Grant was a visiting fellow at Mitvim: the Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies.

Grant has an M.A. in Middle East studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a B.A. in International Relations from Michigan State University, and has studied at the University of Alexandria, Egypt.

Grant Rumley testifying before Congress in 2022 - source: Kori Francis, The Washington Institute
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Recent Policy Analysis by Grant Rumley

Articles & Testimony
The Impact of Russia’s Ukraine Invasion in the Middle East and North Africa
May 18, 2022
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  • Grant Rumley
Articles & Testimony
There’s a Better Way to Sell American Weapons
Mar 29, 2022
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  • Grant Rumley
  • David Schenker
Illustration of chess pieces and the Russian and Ukrainian flags - source: Reuters
Brief Analysis
How Will the Ukraine Crisis Affect Middle East Policy?
Mar 10, 2022
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
  • Soner Cagaptay
  • Grant Rumley
Brief Analysis
Unpacking the UAE F-35 Negotiations
Feb 15, 2022
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  • Grant Rumley
US Army soldiers fire artillery in Syria
Brief Analysis
The Future of al-Tanf Garrison in Syria
Dec 6, 2021
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  • Grant Rumley
  • David Schenker
Brief Analysis
Turkey’s F-16 Request May Not Stave Off the Inevitable
Oct 28, 2021
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  • Grant Rumley
  • Soner Cagaptay
All Policy Analysis by Grant Rumley
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