Rachel Bronson joined The Chicago Council in January 2007 as vice president of programs and studies. Prior to that, she served as senior fellow and director of Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.   Earlier positions include senior fellow for international security affairs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and adjunct professor at Columbia University.  Dr. Bronson's book Thicker than Oil:   America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia (Oxford University Press) was published in May 2006.   Her writings have appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, The National Interest, The New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Chicago Tribune.  She has commented widely on foreign affairs in outlets such as NPR, CNN, The Lehrer News Hour, The Charlie Rose Show, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.  She has testified before the Congressional Anti-Terrorist Finance Task Force, the Joint Economic Committee and the 9/11 Commission.  In 2003 Dr. Bronson was named a Carnegie Corporation Scholar.  She earned a B.A. in history at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University.