Tehran Rising: Iran's Challenge to the United States

Documents Iran's efforts to make itself a major power in the Middle East, supporting terrorist organizations in the region at the same it is pursuing nuclear, chemical, and biological research at home and building up its military resources.

Ilan Berman is one of the rising stars of American foreign policy. As vice president for policy of the Washington-based American Foreign Policy Council, he is a frequent guest on radio and television. An expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation, he has consulted for both the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Department of Defense, and provided assistance on foreign policy and national security issues to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices. His writings on international security and American foreign policy have appeared in such influential publications asThe National Interest, the International Herald Tribune, and the Financial Times, among others.

Berman is adjunct professor for International Law and Global Security at the National Defense University in Washington, DC. He also serves as a member of the reconstituted Committee on the Present Danger, and as Editor of theJournal of International Security Affairs. He is also the coeditor (with J. Michael Waller) ofDismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes (2006).