Robert SpringborgRobert Springborg is Professor (retd) of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, USA. Formerly he was Professor of Politics and Director of the London Middle East Institute of SOAS and Director of the American Research Center in Egypt. His publications include Political Economies of the Middle East and North Africa (2020), Mubarak’s Egypt (1989) amongst others, and he has worked as a consultant on Middle East governance and politics for USAID, the U.S. State Department, the UNDP, and various UK Government departments. Read More Read Less