Michael Eisenstadt is a Kahn Fellow, and Director of the Military and Security Studies Program at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He served for 26 years as an Officer in the U.S. Army Reserve before retiring in 2010, and now specializes in Persian Gulf and Arab-Israeli security affairs.
Michael Eisenstadt is a Kahn Fellow, and Director of the Military and Security Studies Program at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Prior to joining the Institute in 1989, Eisenstadt worked as a Military Analyst with the U.S. government. He served for 26 years as an Officer in the U.S. Army Reserve before retiring in 2010. His military service included stints in Iraq; Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan; Turkey; the Office of the Secretary of Defense; the Joint Staff, and; U.S. Central Command headquarters. In 1992, he took a leave of absence from the Institute to work on the U.S. Air Force Gulf War Air Power Survey.
He is a specialist in Persian Gulf and Arab-Israeli security affairs.
Eisenstadt has published widely on irregular and conventional warfare and nuclear weapons proliferation in the Middle East. His most recent publications include: ‘Regional Pushback, Nuclear Rollback: A Comprehensive Strategy Toward an Iran in Turmoil’ (Washington Institute, 2018); ‘The Ties that Bind: Families, Clans, and Hizballah’s Military Effectiveness’ (War on the Rocks, 2017); ‘Iran After Sanctions: Military Procurement and Force-Structure Decisions’ (IISS, 2017); ‘The Next Hizballah-Israel Conflict’ (The American Interest, 2017); ‘Mini-Hizballahs, Revolutionary Guard Knock-Offs, and the Future of Iran’s Militant Proxies in Iraq’ (War on the Rocks, 2017); and ‘The Role of Missiles in Iran’s Military Strategy’ (Washington Institute, 2016).
Eisenstadt earned an M.A. in Arab Studies from Georgetown University.