Mr. Larry Velte was appointed Professor on Oct 1, 2005 following a 37-year career as an Army officer and Department of Defense civilian. Between 1992 and 2005, Mr. Velte served as Deputy Chief of the Middle East Division in the Joint Staff’s Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (J-5). His duties included providing information, analysis, and policy recommendations concerning the Middle East and North Africa to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the senior military leadership. In that role, Mr. Velte dealt with key Defense-related issues including strategy and policy toward Iraq and Iran, regional counter-terrorism action plans, Syrian-Israeli negotiations over the Golan Heights, and the development of the NATO Mediterranean Dialogue. He was also responsible for Washington Interagency coordination of military cooperative programs with important regional partners such as Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria.

During his active duty military career, Mr. Velte was a Middle East Foreign Area Officer and served tours of duty in Jerusalem, Tunisia, and Jordan. He also served FAO assignments in Washington, including Chief of the Middle East/Africa/South Asia Branch in the Army Staff G-3.

Education
• M.A., International Relations, University of Pittsburgh
• B.A., Political Science, Dickinson College

Areas of Interest
• Maghreb, Levant, and Mediterranean Affairs
• U.S. National Security Policy
• Interagency Coordination
• Arab-Israeli Peace Process
• Peacekeeping Operations

Suggested Readings
• Fromkin, D. (1989). A Peace to End all Peace: Creating the Modern Middle East, 1914-1922. New York: H. Holt.
• Horne, A. (2006). A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962. New York: New York Review Books.
• Joffe, G. (ed.) (1993). North Africa: Nation, State, and Region. London & New York: Routledge.
• Lambert, F. (2005). The Barbary Wars: American Independence in the Atlantic World. New York: Hill and Wang.
• Morris, B. (2001). Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001. New York: Vintage Books.
• O'Shea, S. (2007). Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean World. London: Profile Books.