William
B. Quandt served for many years on the National Security Council and was
actively involved in the Camp David Accords and the Egyptian-Israeli Peace
Treaty. In the fall of 1994, Quandt joined the Department of Government
and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia, where he holds the
Edward R. Stettinius chair and currently serves as Vice Provost for International
Affairs. Prior to this appointment, he was a Senior Fellow in the Foreign
Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, where he conducted
research on the Middle East, American policy toward the Arab-Israeli conflict,
and energy policy. Quandt has written numerous books, and his articles
have appeared in a wide variety of publications. His books include: Peace
Process: American Diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967,
(Brookings, 2001, 1993) and Between Ballots and Bullets: Algeria's
Transition from Authoritarianism (Brookings, 1998).