William B. Quandt

William B. Quandt "is the Edward R. Stettinius Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia. He was formerly a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. He has his B.A. from Stanford University and received his Ph.D. from M.I.T. Dr. Quandt was a staff member of the National Security Council during the Nixon and Carter administrations. He served as President Carter's chief Middle East aide and was a member of the U.S. delegation to the 1978 Camp David summit. He is the author of several books on the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Algeria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. His latest publication is entitled Peace Process: American Diplomacy Toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967 (Brookings, 2005). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Middle East Studies Association and serves on the board of the Foundation for Middle East Peace."


 * Former President, Middle East Studies Association of North America
 * National Advisory Council, U.S. Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East
 * Editorial Advisory Committee, Middle East Policy Council
 * Editorial Advisory Board, Political Science Quarterly
 * Trustee, Foundation for Middle East Peace
 * Trustee, American University in Cairo
 * Advisory Council, American Iranian Council

Solidarity Center
In the recent 2010 Solidarity Center report "Justice for All: the Struggle for Worker Rights in Egypt he notes that Joel Beinin, the report author, "brings to the study of workers’ rights in Egypt a lifetime of distinguished scholarship. In accessible prose, he provides just the right amount of historical background, as well as the political and legal framework, that affects workers. Egyptians are finally seeing their country’s economy grow, but the distribution of wealth is becoming less and less equal. This will pose an enormous challenge as Egypt heads into a tricky transitional period. This study provides readers with a solid basis for understanding one of the key challenges that faces Egypt in the years ahead.”