Rubin was on the first segment where he provided the broader context of U.S. foreign policy and then added a bit more about U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. 

Rubin is the author and editor of three books, including The End of Strategic Stability? Nuclear Weapons and the Challenge of Regional Rivalries (Georgetown University Press, 2018) co-edited with Adam Stulberg, Islam in the Balance: Ideational Threats in Arab Politics (Stanford University Press, 2014) and Terrorist Rehabilitation and Counter-Radicalisation: New Approaches to Counter-terrorism (Routledge 2011) with Rohan Gunaratna and Jolene Jerard. 

His research interests include Middle East politics and international security with a specific focus on intra-regional relations, religion and politics, and nuclear proliferation. He has conducted research in Morocco, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, the UAE, and Yemen.

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