Chelsi Mueller is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Security Studies and International Affairs at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. She earned her Ph.D. in History from Tel Aviv University and she is a non-resident research fellow in the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University. She authored the book "Origins of the Arab-Iranian Conflict: Nationalism and Sovereignty in the Gulf" (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and numerous articles about conflict and conflict resolution in the Middle East.