Jon B. Alterman
Program Officer, Research and Studies Program
(August 1998 - November 2002)
Middle East • Arab-Israeli relations • Iraq • Iran
• Egypt • Information and Communications Technology •
Negotiation and Mediation • Terrorism and Low-Intensity Conflict
• U.S. Foreign Policy
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Background
Jon B. Alterman is a program officer in the Institute's
Research and Studies Program, where he focuses on issues relating to
the Middle East, political violence, and the effects of the new media
on diplomacy. He is the author of a monograph entitled New Media,
New Politics? From Satellite Television to the Internet in the Arab
World, as well as a wide variety of academic and popular articles
concerning major political and social developments in the Middle
East.
In 1993-97, Alterman taught at Harvard University, where he
received a Ph.D. in history. He also worked as a legislative aide to
Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan covering foreign policy and defense, and in
the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs covering Middle East issues. Alterman has
lectured widely in the United States and abroad. In addition to his
academic work, he is a frequent commentator on U.S. policy and the
Middle East in print, on radio, and on television. His opinion pieces
have appeared in the Washington Post, Los Angeles
Times, Christian Science Monitor, Asharq al-Awsat, and
other major publications. Alterman is on the Board of Advisory
Editors of the Middle East Journal, and has recently been awarded an
International Affairs Fellowship from the Council on Foreign
Relations.
Alterman is currently a member of Iraq Study Group's
Expert Working Group on Strategic Environment.
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