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Suzanne Maloney

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution

Expertise:

Iran and Gulf States; energy; economic reform

Experience:

Past Positions
Policy Planning Staff Member, U.S. Department of State (2005-2007); Project Director, Task Force on US-Iran Relations, Council on Foreign Relations (2003-2004); Middle East Advisor, ExxonMobil Corporation (2001-2004); Olin Fellow, The Brookings Institution (2000-2001); Brookings Research Fellow, The Brookings Institution (1998-1999)

Publications

2008

September 22, 2008

Center for a New American Security: Iran: Assessing U.S. Strategic Options Report

Authors:	Dennis B. Ross, Counselor and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, the Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution Ashton B. Carter, Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations

Authors:

Dennis B. Ross, Counselor and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, the Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy

Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution

Ashton B. Carter, Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations

Must Read

Dealing with Iran and its nuclear program will be an urgent priority for the next president

See more in United States, Iran, Defense Strategy, Weapons of Mass Destruction

January 18, 2008

Time To Start Talking To Tehran

Authors:	Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution

Op-Ed

Newsweek

Ray Takeyh and Suzanne Maloney argue that diplomacy with Tehran is crucial.

See more in Iran, U.S. Strategy and Politics

2007

October 31, 2007

U.S. - Iran Relations [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]

Speakers:	Suzanne Maloney, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, the Brookings Barbara Slavin, Author, "Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S., and the Twisted Path to Confrontation"

Transcript

Suzanne Maloney and Barbara Slavin discuss the U.S. - Iran Relations.

See more in United States, Iran, Proliferation

Fall 2007

Engage Iran

Authors:	Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

Op-Ed

Democracy: A Journal of Ideas

See more in Iran, Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Conflict Assessment

June 28, 2007

Why the Iraq war won't engulf the Mideast

Authors:	Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution

Op-Ed

International Herald Tribune

See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare

2004

November 8, 2004

Behind the Scenes of a Tumultuous Relationship: The United States and Iran (video)

Speaker:	Kenneth M. Pollack, Senior Fellow and Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution; Author, The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America
Presider:	Suzanne Maloney, International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Director of the Council on Foreign Relations Sponsored Independent Task Force "Iran: Time for a New Approach"

Video

See more in Iran

November 8, 2004

Behind the Scenes of a Tumultuous Relationship: The United States and Iran

Speaker:	Kenneth M. Pollack, senior fellow and director of research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, the Brookings Institution; author, “The Persian Puzzle”
Presider:	Suzanne Maloney, international affairs fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; director of the Council on Foreign Relations independent task force on U.S. policy toward Iran

Transcript

See more in Iran

July 2004

Iran: Time for a New Approach

Task Force Report No. 52

Task Force Report

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have positioned American troops along Iran’s borders, making the United States and Iran wary competitors and neighbors who nonetheless possess overlapping interests. Meanwhile, questions continue to be raised about Iran’s nuclear program and its involvement with terrorism. Clearly, contending with Iran will constitute one of the most complex and pressing challenges facing future U.S. administrations. This informative report, which sparked sharp debate in Washington and extensive coverage by U.S. and international media, offers a timely new approach.

See more in Iran

July 19, 2004

Iran: Time for a New Approach: An Independent Task Force on U.S. Policy Toward Iran

Speakers:	Suzanne Maloney, director, independent task force on Iran Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security adviser, 1977-81; co-chair, independent task force on Iran Robert M. Gates, director of central intelligence, 1991-93; co-chair, independent task force on Iran

Transcript

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