He holds a PhD in history from the Ohio State University, has studied at the American University of Cairo and the University of Damascus, and has held fellowships at Yale University and Williams College. Chamberlin is the author of The Cold War’s Killing Fields, The Global Offensive: The United States, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Making of the Post-Cold War Order, which was called “brilliant” by Vijay Prashad and “sophisticated” by the American Historical Review. His papers have been published in journals such as the International Journal of Middle East Studies, Cold War History, and Diplomatic History.