Frederic Wehrey is an American scholar of Middle East affairs, expert on Libyan and Gulf politics, and Senior Fellow at the

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Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Wehrey earned a PhD in

international relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such a ...

from

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. Wehrey previously served as a U.S. military officer assigned to the defense attaché office in

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prior to the revolution. He returned to Libya as a researcher after Gaddafi's fall, interviewing

Khalifa Haftar Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar ( ar, خليفة بلقاسم حفتر, Ḵalīfa Bilqāsim Ḥaftar; born 7 November 1943) is a Libyan-American politician, military officer, and the commander of the Tobruk-based Libyan National Army (LN ...

and spending time on the frontline with the

Libyan National Army The Libyan National Army (LNA; ar, الجيش الوطني الليبي, ''al-jaysh al-waṭaniyy al-Lībii'') is a component of Libya's military forces which were nominally a unified national force under the command of Field Marshal Khalifa ...

. He is the author of the book, ''Sectarian Politics in the Gulf: From the Iraq War to the Arab Uprisings'', which was chosen by '' Foreign Policy'' as one of the top five books of 2013 and by '' Foreign Affairs'' as one of top three books on the Middle East. Wehrey has lectured at Princeton, Dartmouth, and Georgetown University. His articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy and he has appeared on CNN, PBS NewsHour, and The Charlie Rose Show, among others. Wehrey has testified before the Senate and the House of Representatives on the need for a more effective U.S. policy in Libya.http://www.c-span.org/video/?316396-1/senators-hear-developments-north-africa https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/08/opinion/taking-sides-in-libya.html

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