Rice Experts Available for Comment on Persian Gulf

Contact: Michael Cinelli
Phone: (713) 831-4794

Rice Experts Available for Comment on Persian Gulf

The following Rice University representatives are available for
comment and analysis on developments in the Persian Gulf:

* Edward Djerejian, director of the James A. Baker III Institute
for Public Policy at Rice University and former U.S. Ambassador to
Israel.

Djerejian served both President Clinton and President Bush as
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1991-1993)
and President Reagan and President Bush as U.S. Ambassador to the
Syrian Arab Republic (1988-1991). He also served as deputy assistant
secretary of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (1986-1988) and
deputy chief of the U.S. mission to the Kingdom of Jordan (1981-1984).

In these capacities, Djerejian played a key role in the Arab-Israeli peace process, the U.S.-led coalition against Sadam
Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait and bilateral security arrangements in
the Persian Gulf.

* Ric Stoll, professor of political science. Stoll’s main area
of research is international conflict and American national security
policy.

Stoll has conducted a number of studies on the escalation of
conflict and the causes of war. He has published a book on national
security matters entitled U.S. National Security Policy and the
Soviet Union.

He is currently finishing a second book entitled U.S. National
Security Policy and the New World Order. Several chapters of the new
book focus on national security problems with Iraq and lessons
learned from the Persian Gulf War. During that war, Stoll served as
a resource for print and electronic media journalists.

To schedule an interview with either Director Djerejian or
Professor Stoll, please contact Michael Cinelli in the Rice
University News Office at (713) 831-4794.

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