Dina Badie is an Associate Professor of Politics and International Studies at Centre College. Her research and teaching interests include international relations theory, security studies, foreign policy, and Middle East and East Asian politics. Badie is the author of 'After Saddam: American Foreign Policy and the Destruction of Secularism in the Middle East' (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017), and she has published articles in Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Perspective, and Strategic Studies Quarterly.