Adam C. Seitz is the senior research associate for Middle East Studies at Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia,​ focusing on Yemen, Iran and the Gulf Region. Prior to joining MCU, Mr. Seitz was a research associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy where his research focus was in Middle East and South Asia security studies, weapons of mass destruction, weapons proliferation, terrorism and asymmetric warfare. Mr. Seitz has published a number of papers and reports on these subjects, including a book he co-authored with Dr. Anthony Cordesman entitled Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Birth of a Regional Nuclear Arms Race? (Praeger Security International, 2009). Mr. Seitz served in the U.S. Army as an Intelligence Analyst and is an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, serving in Anbar province in 2003 and 2004.


Mr. Seitz earned his B.A. in International Affairs from the University of Colorado at Boulder and his M.A. in International Relations and Conflict Resolution from American Military University. His latest works include “Yemen” in the American Foreign Policy Council's World Almanac of Islamism (Rowman and Littlefield, 2011 and 2014) and ‘Ties That Bind and Divide: The ‘Arab Spring’ and Yemeni Civil-Military Relations” in Why Yemen Matters: A Society in Transition (Al-Saqi, 2014).

Publications available at: http://www.mcu.usmc.mil/Lists/Middle%20East%20Studies%20Announcements/Middle%20East%20Studies%20View.aspx?RootFolder=%2fLists%2fMiddle%20East%20Studies%20Announcements%2fPublications%20by%20Adam%20C%2e%20Seitz&FolderCTID=&View={A45F47AF-FC49-4B2E-B3C4-B9611D0A383E}

•Middle East Security Studies with an emphasis on Yemen, Iran and the Gulf Region
•Weapons Proliferation
•Impact of Regional Policies in the Greater Middle East on U.S. National Security and Interests
•Civil-Military Relations in the Middle East and North Africa
•Causes and Dynamics of Internal War
•Counterterrorism
•Counterinsurgency
•Asymmetric Conflict

Senior Research Associate, Middle East Studies, Marine Corps University