Senior research scholar, and former Director of the Middle East Institute, at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and author of All Fall Down: America's Tragic Encounter with Iran; National Security Council staffer under Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan, and principal White House aide for Iran during the Iranian Revolution and the hostage crisis
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