Mitchell Geoffrey Bard is an American foreign policy analyst who specializes in U.S.-Middle East policy. He is the Executive Director of the non-profit American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), and the director of the Jewish Virtual Library. He is the author or editor of 22 books and his work has been published in academic journals and major newspapers.
Bard is a former editor of the Near East Report, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's ("AIPAC") weekly newsletter on U.S.-Middle East policy. Before working for the AIPAC, he was a polling analyst for the George Bush for President Survey Research Group during the 1988 presidential election. He has been interviewed on Fox News, MSNBC, NBC, Al-Jazeera, The Jenny Jones Show and other media outlets.
Bard received his B.A. in economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara, his Master's in public policy from Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in political science from UCLA. His dissertation was on "the limits to domestic influence on U.S. Middle East Policy." He held a postdoctoral fellowship at UC Irvine from 1986 to 1987, researching the rescue by Israel of Ethiopian Jews from the Sudan, known as Operation Moses.
“The Turning Point in United States Relations with Israel: The 1968 Sale of Phantom Jets,” Middle East Review, (Summer 1988).
“Interest Groups, the President, and Foreign Policy: How Reagan Snatched Victory From the Jaws of Defeat on AWACS,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, (Summer 1988).
“The Evolution of Israel’s Africa Policy,” Middle East Review, (Winter 1988).
“How Fares The Camp David Trio?” Orbis, (Fall 1990).
“Behind the Wire,” [film review], The Public Historian, (Winter 1996).
“How Special is the U.S.-Israel Relationship?” with Daniel Pipes, Middle East Quarterly, (June 1997).
“Deconstructing George W. Bush’s Middle East Strategy,” Perspectives: An Israel Review, (Brown University, Fall 2003, Vol. I, Issue 1).
“Academic Freedom as a Shield for Anti-Semitism,” The Journal of the James Madison Institute, (Summer 2005).
“Review of Operation Solomon: The Daring Rescue of Ethiopian Jews by Stephen Spector, Middle East Quarterly, (Spring 2006).
“Review of Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present by Michael B. Oren, Israel Studies (Summer 2008).
Studies published by AICE
"Learning Together: Israeli Innovations in Education that Could Benefit Americans"
"Experience Counts: Innovative Programs For The Elderly In Israel That Can Benefit Americans
"Good Medicine: Israeli Innovations In Health Care That Could Benefit Americans"
"Breakthrough Dividend: Israeli Innovations In Biotechnology That Could Benefit Americans"
"Rewriting History in Textbooks"
"Tenured or tenuous: Defining the Role of Faculty in Supporting Israel on Campus"