Amin Tarzi is a Professor of Strategic Studies at Marine Corps War College and the Middle East Studies Chair at Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia; a Politician in Residence at University for Southern California’s Capital Campus in Washington, DC; and an Adjunct Professor of International Relations and Government at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
From 2007 to 2025, he served as the Director of Middle East Studies at Marine Corps University.
Dr. Tarzi has published more than 50 academic works and over a 100 policy pieces in the following areas: Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, NATO, hybrid actors, and major power competition; evolving competitions and contestations in the Gulf, the Red Sea, and Eastern Mediterranean regions; U.S. national security and interests in the Middle East and its surrounding maritime domains; proliferation of nuclear weapons and their delivery systems; and historiography and historical narratives.
He has keynoted, lectured, and presented papers in four languages in 38 countries on a variety of subjects, including security, geopolitics, international relations, strategic assessments, history and historical narratives, and U.S. foreign policy.