Joseph Englehardt is a retired U.S. Army Colonel and international peacekeeper who has over 35 years experience working in the Middle East. He was U.S. Defense Attaché in Cairo, and also did tours in Tehran, Ankara,  and Beirut. He was also the Director for Middle East Studies at the U.S. Army War College and Military Adviser to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. In his last residence in Cairo, Englehardt  was the Representative of the Director General of the Multinational Forces and Observers, overseeing implementation of the Treaty of Peace between Egypt and Israel from 1998 to 2004. He is currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Middle East Institute in Washington