Bruce Riedel is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He served thirty years in the Central Intelligence Agency serving overseas in the Middle East and Europe as well as eight years in the National Security Council at the White House for four Presidents. A graduate of Brown, Harvard, and the Royal College of Defense Studies in London, he is the author of eight books. His next book is “Jordan and America: An Enduring Friendship,”which will be published in September.