Mark N. Katz (born November 11, 1954) is a professor of government and politics at George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government in Fairfax, Virginia, United States, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC.
He researches and teaches classes about Russian politics and foreign policy, revolution, and the "War on Terror."
After serving on a temporary appointment as a Soviet Affairs Analyst at the U.S. Department of State in 1982, Katz won a 27-month post-doctoral fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation, which lasted until 1984.
This, plus a subsequent post-doctoral scholarship in 1985 from the Kennan Institute enabled him to write his second book, Russia and Arabia: Soviet Foreign Policy toward the Arabian Peninsula From 1985 through 1988, Katz worked as an adjunct professor at the American University School of International Service (Spring 1985); a research associate (a staff position) at the Kennan Institute (September 1985–May 1987); an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Department of Government and Russian Area Studies Program (Spring 1986–Fall 1987); and a consultant to various organizations (May 1987–August 1988).
With the support of an Earhart Foundation Fellowship Research Grant (Summer 1997) and a sabbatical from George Mason University (Spring 1998), he wrote yet another book, Reflections on Revolutions.