Rubin, a former senior advisor in the US Office of the Secretary of Defense, is a national security expert focusing on Middle East politics, nuclear proliferation, and terrorism, as well as Islamic movements. He was also recently named co-editor of Terrorism and Political Violence, the leading journal in terrorism studies. 

“I got involved with the FPRI by guest editing a special issue for their flagship journal, Orbis, “Emerging Technology and National Security,” in the fall of 2020, as well as publishing a few articles in the journal,” Rubin said. 

“Being selected as a 2021 Templeton Fellow is an honor and important opportunity for greater engagement in the field of emerging technology and national security policy.”

The Foreign Policy Research Institute is an international policy think tank that aims to produce nonpartisan policy analysis on foreign policy and national security challenges the US faces while educating the American public. 

One of his first actions as fellow will be speaking in the event “Small Satellite Proliferation, Advanced Technologies, and Their Security Implications,” on June 1, 2021 at 11 a.m.  The event will focus on the uncontrolled re-entry of China’s rocket on May 9, 2021. Mariel Borowitz, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, will also be speaking at the event.