Robert Satloff

Robert Satloff
Sartloff with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
Education	Duke University (BA) Harvard University (MA) St. Antony's College, Oxford (PhD)
Spouse	Jennie Litvack
Children	3 sons

Robert B. Satloff is an American historian on Arab and Islamic politics, U.S.-Israel relations, and the Middle East. Since January 1993, he has been the executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP). Satloff's expertise includes "U.S. policy, public diplomacy, Arab and Islamic politics, Arab-Israeli relations, U.S.-Israel relations, peace process, Middle East democratization." Satloff is also a member of the board of editors of the Middle East Quarterly, a publication of the Middle East Forum.

Early life

Satloff is from Providence, Rhode Island. and graduated from Duke University, where he received a bachelor of arts degree. He received a master of arts degree from Harvard University and a PhD from St. Antony's College, Oxford.

Writing career

Satloff authored or edited nine books. His writing has appeared in major newspapers such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.

In 2006, he wrote Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands, which reported that there were Muslims and Arabs who rescued potential victims of the Nazi-directed programs related to the Holocaust as well as those who collaborated in those programs.

Satloff has also provided commentary for major television network news programs, talk shows, and National Public Radio. Satloff hosts a program on an Arab satellite channel: he is the creator and host of Dakhil Washington (Inside Washington), a weekly news and interview program on al-Hurra, the U.S. government-sponsored Arabic satellite television channel.

In 2006, Satloff wrote Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands to explore why no Arab had been honored saving Jews during the Holocaust, based on four years of research across 11 countries. The book was called a "well-balanced assessment" of the experience of Moroccan Jews during World War II by scholar Norman Stillman. It was also reviewed by the Jewish Book Council. In 2010, American broadcaster PBS released "Among the Righteous," a documentary based on Satloff's book.

Personal life

Satloff lived in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with his wife, Jennie Litvack, an economist and horn player, and three sons, Benjamin, William and David.[1]

Reception

Satloff is considered a longtime expert on Arab and Islamic politics. In 2023, Washingtonian magazine named him one of the 500 most influential people in Washington, D.C.

Publications

Books

• Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands (PublicAffairs, 2006). ISBN 1-58648-399-4
• The Battle of Ideas in the War on Terror: Essays on U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Middle East (The Washington Institute, 2004).
• U.S. Policy toward Islamism (Council on Foreign Relations, 2000)
• From Abdullah to Hussein: Jordan in Transition (Oxford University Press, 1994)
• Troubles on the East Bank: Challenges to the Domestic Stability of Jordan (Praeger, 1986)

Articles and interviews

• Interviews with historian Robert Satloff, Fresh Air from WHYY-FM, December 14, 2006.
• Hip, Hip, Al Hurra! Explaining America to the Arabs — with no help from the State Department. by Robert Satloff (Weekly Standard) November 6, 2006, Volume 012, Issue 08
• Voices on Antisemitism Interview with Robert Satloff from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• A 'Righteous' Honor for an Arab Who Saved Jews, NPR Morning Edition, April 19, 2007

Further reading

• Righteous Muslims. A briefing by Robert Satloff by Rachel Silverman, Jewish Exponent, December 14, 2006 (Middle East Forum, December 11, 2006)

External links

• Official web page at Washington Institute
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• "Robert Satloff's Recent Articles". The New Republic. 2006. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2006-12-31.