Rachel Brandenburg is a program officer for Middle East Initiatives. She previously worked at the State Department in the Office of Middle East Transitions as the Tunisia assistance coordinator, and in the Middle East Partnership Initiative office. Prior to joining the State Department, she was a Middle East program specialist at USIP primarily supporting work related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran, including the Senior Working Group for Middle East Peace, co-chaired by former National Security Advisors Samuel R. Berger and Stephen J. Hadley, and publication of the Iran Primer: Power, Politics, and U.S. Policy. Brandenburg has significant experience across the Middle East and North Africa, including as a Critical Language Scholarship recipient in Jordan, a Fulbright Scholar in Israel, and conducting research in Tunisia, Turkey and Iran. She completed a Master's of Science in Foreign Service at Georgetown University with a focus on foreign policy and international security and holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations and Middle Eastern studies from Tufts University.
Publications:
- “Iran and the Palestinians,” in The Iran Primer: Military, Politics, and US Policy, ed. Robin Wright. (USIP Press, 2010).
