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The 50 Top Experts on Lebanon and the Middle East

The following list of experts is provided to guide television and radio bookers, sponsors of lecture series, and others interested in booking knowledgeable specialists on Middle Eastern issues.

The names are listed alphabetically, along with their areas of expertise.

Ziad K. Abdelnour
Lebanon, US policy in the Near East, Intelligence

Ali Al Ahmed
Saudi Arabia

Fouad Ajami
Middle East; Persian Gulf; Iran; Iraq; OPEC; international relations

Morris Amitay
Israel, US Policy

Yehudit Barsky
Terrorism

Charles Brooks
Terrorism, Military Strategy and Congress

Thomas Patrick Carroll
Intelligence

Ahmad Chalabi
Iraq

Patrick Clawson
Iran, Middle East economics

Anthony Cordesman
Security, Defense Intelligence, Military Balance

Arnaud de Borchgrave
U.S Foreign Policy, Terrorism

Alan Dowty
Middle East, Arms Control

Khalid Durán
Islam, Pakistan, Sudan, American Muslims
Director, Council on Middle Eastern Affairs

Rachel Ehrenfeld
Narco-Terrorism

Steven Emerson
Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Joseph Farah
Arab-Americans, Arab-Israeli conflict

George Friedman
Intelligence

Frank Gaffney
US policy in the Middle East

Gary Gambill
Syria, Lebanon, Hizbullah

Fereydoun Hoveyda
Human Rights, the Middle East, Iran, Islam

Avi Jorish
Politics and Islamic society, al-Manar (Hizballah television)

Geoffrey Kemp
American foreign policy, Middle East, terrorism

Jeane Kirkpatrick
Global Expert and Strategist

Martin Kramer
Islam, Middle East studies, Arab-Israel conflict

Charles Krauthammer
Economics, Religion in Civil Society, Middle East studies

William Kristol
U.S. policy in the Middle East

Michael Ledeen
U.S. policy in the Middle East

Matthew Levitt
U.S. policy in the Middle East, Terrorism

David Makovsky
Syria/Lebanon-Israel relations

Habib C. Malik
Lebanon, Middle East Christians, Hizbullah

Clifford May
Intelligence Gathering, Democratization, Terrorism

Laurie Mylroie
Iraq

Nagy Najjar
Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Intelligence

Tom Neumann
Terrorism, Defense, American Foreign Policy

Mordechai Nisan
Middle East minorities

Richard Perle
Defense, Intelligence, National Security

Walid Phares
Lebanon, US Policy, Terrorism

James Philips
International Terrorism

Daniel Pipes
Islam, Arab-Israel conflict, Syria, American Muslims

Steven Plaut
Economics, Middle East

Danielle Pletka
Terrorism, Middle East

James Robbins
National Security, Defense, Middle East

Dennis Ross
Syria/Lebanon-U.S. relations, Syria/Lebanon-Israel relations, peace process

Michael Rubin
Iran, Iraq
Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Robert Satloff
Jordan, Arab-Israel conflict

Jonathan Schanzer
 Politics, Islamist groups, al-Qaeda

Nina Shea
Middle East Human Rights

Paul Michael Wihbey
US Energy and Security in the Persian Gulf

Meyrav Wurmser
Arab-Israel conflict, Israeli politics
Director of the Center for Middle East Policy, Hudson Institute

Glenn Yago
Middle East economics

 

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