▁Ott ol eng hi , ▁a ▁political ▁scient ist , ▁is ▁a ▁Senior ▁Fellow ▁with ▁the ▁Foundation ▁for ▁the ▁Def ense ▁of ▁Dem oc ra cies ▁in ▁Washington , ▁DC . ▁Pre viously , ▁he ▁ran ▁the ▁Br uss els - based ▁A J C ▁Trans at l antic ▁Institute . ▁He ▁has ▁taught ▁at ▁the ▁Oxford ▁Centre ▁for ▁Heb rew ▁and ▁Jewish ▁Studies , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁Centre ▁of ▁St . ▁Anton y ’ s ▁College , ▁Oxford . ▁He ▁earned ▁a ▁Ph . D . ▁from ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁University ▁and ▁an ▁under grad uate ▁degree ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Bolog na . ▁ ▁Ott ol eng hi ▁has ▁written ▁about ▁Middle ▁East ▁issues ▁for ▁Comment ary , ▁The ▁Daily ▁Mir ror , ▁The ▁Guardian , ▁National ▁Review ▁Online , ▁News day , ▁the ▁Jewish ▁Chron icle , ▁and ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁Qu arter ly , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁European ▁publications : ▁Cor riere ▁del ▁T ic ino , ▁il ▁F og lio , ▁Liber o , ▁Il ▁R iform ista , ▁Liberal , ▁Stand point , ▁L ' Un ità , ▁and ▁Die ▁Welt . ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁expert ise ▁on ▁ant is emit ism , ▁Iran , ▁Israel , ▁Italy , ▁and ▁terror ism . ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁five ▁books : ▁▁ ▁The ▁Pas dar an : ▁Inside ▁Iran ' s ▁Islam ic ▁Revolution ary ▁Gu ards ▁Corps ▁( W ashington , ▁F DD ▁Press : ▁ 2 0 1 1 ). ▁ ▁Iran