Expert Interviews is an exclusive series provided by The Gulf Nashra, where we sit down with leading researchers, policymakers, and analysts to examine the political, economic, and geopolitical dynamics shaping the Gulf, and what they mean for the rest of the world.
Dr. Annelle Sheline is our guest today. She is a research fellow in the Middle East program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, where her research focuses on U.S. involvement in the Middle East. She previously served as a Foreign Affairs Officer in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, resigning in March 2024 in protest over the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. She is also a senior non-resident fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC and a non-resident fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen, and her forthcoming book, Weaponizing Tolerance: Arab Monarchies and American Support for Moderate Islam, will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2027.
