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Sam Parker

Program Officer (Iraq)

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Contact

Phone: (202) 429-3891

E-mail: sparker@usip.org

Languages: Arabic

Resources & Tools

  • Maliki's Iraq between Two Elections

    In meetings conducted in Baghdad in May 2009, senior Iraqi leaders indicated how they interpret January’s provincial election results, expressed concerns about the recent downturn in security, lamented the tremendous financial pressure the government is feeling due to the decline in oil prices, and projected their hopes for national elections slated for 30 January 2010. The Iraqis, numbering about 20, represented the highest level of nearly all of the main Iraqi political factions, including leaders in the Council of Representatives (COR), members of the presidency, and top officials in the government. 

  • January 2007 PeaceWatch

    USIP Catalyzes Peacebuilding Conference in Iraq's Mahmoudiya District

Issue Areas: Religion, Terrorism and Political Extremism
Countries: Iraq

Sam Parker is a program officer in the Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations. He is involved in coordinating and providing consultation for USIP’s programs in Iraq, as well as researching and writing for the Institute’s Iraq publications.

Prior to joining USIP, Parker worked on open-source intelligence analysis on Iraqi politics and the Iraqi insurgency at Science Applications International Corporation. Prior to that, he worked at USIP as a researcher for the Iraq Study Group and as an assistant to esteemed Iraq scholar Phebe Marr.

Parker received a B.A. in liberal arts from St. John’s College in Annapolis, M.D., and a M.A. in Arab studies from Georgetown University. He is a fluent reader of Arabic.

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