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<span class="vcard">Jesse Marks</span>

Jesse Marks

Guest Author

Jesse Marks (LinkedIn – X) leads Rihla Research & Advisory LLC, an international consultancy focused on the Middle East and China. From 2020-2022, Marks served as an advisor for Middle East Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in both the Trump and Biden administrations.

Articles by this author:

A picture taken from a distance shows the damaged building (L) in the compound housing members of Palestinian militant group Hamas's political bureau

Israel’s Strike on Doha: A Crisis for U.S. Credibility?

Sep. 17, 2025 Jesse Marks

A group of children walk in a refugee settlement

Normalization Pushes Millions of Syrians into Deeper Uncertainty

Jun. 12, 2023 Jesse Marks and Hardin Lang