Professor Barry Rubin is in the country for the next couple of months and is available for interview. If you don't know who he is:

Professor Barry Rubin,
Director, Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center http://www.gloria-center.org

The Rubin Report blog http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/

Editor, Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal http://www.gloria-center.org

Editor Turkish Studies,

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t713636933%22

He can be reached via e-mail at profbarryrubin@yahoo.com

He also has a facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/notes.php?id=580579800