USIP Experts Available to Comment on Middle East Crisis
Washington - The U.S. Institute of Peace has a team of respected scholars available to comment on the current conflict in the Middle East and prospects for peace in Israel and Lebanon.
Judy Barsalou
jbarsalou@usip.org
Vice President, Grants and Fellowships Program; has over two decades of experience researching and working on issues related to the Middle East.
Daniel Brumberg
dbrumberg@usip.org
Special Adviser, Muslim World Intiative; expertise in the Middle East, Islamic world, democratization and political reform, politics and religion, conflict resolution, and U.S. foreign policy.
Jeffrey Helsing
jhelsing@usip.org
Deputy Director, Education Program; expertise in the Middle East, Arab-Israeli relations, conflict management, education, U.S. foreign policy, and human rights.
Qamar-ul Huda
qhuda@usip.org
Senior Program Officer, Religion and Peacemaking Program; expertise in the Middle East, South Asia, nonviolence, Islamic philosophy and ethics, interfaith dialogue, conflict resolution, and religious conflict.
Patricia Karam
pkaram@usip.org
Senior Program Officer, Grants & Fellowships Program; expertise in the Middle East, Iraq, civil soceity, human rights, social justice, ethnic conflict, and international law.
Scott Lasensky
slasensky@usip.org
Senior Research Associate, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention; specializes in Arab-Israeli relations and U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Abdeslam Maghraoui
amaghraoui@usip.org
Director, Muslim World Initiative; expertise in the Middle East, North Africa, Islam and politics, reforms in the Muslim World, Muslim communities in Europe.
Steven Riskin
sriskin@usip.org
Senior Program Officer, Grants and Fellowships Program; twenty-five years of experience working on Arab-Israeli and broader Middle East-related issues.
David Smock
dsmock@usip.org
Vice President, Center for Mediation and Conflict Resolution; expertise in religion and religious conflict, conflict resolution and mediation.
Paul Stares
pstares@usip.org
Vice President, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention; specializes in counterterrorism and security policy.
Mona Yacoubian
myacoubian@usip.org
Special Adviser, Muslim World Initiative; specializes in the Middle East and counterterrorism strategy.
