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Each expert’s bio page contains his or her contact information, professional and educational history, links to publications and current research, a downloadable one-page biographical narrative, and a high-definition photo.
Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies
Currently leading a study group on Asian innovation and technological entrepreneurship. Forthcoming book looks at the technological rise of Asia. Previously the project director for a Council-sponsored Independent Task Force on Chinese military modernization.
Technology and development in China and India; East Asian security; Chinese domestic and foreign policy.
Phone: +1-212-434-9745
Email: asegal@cfr.org
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies
Former foreign policy advisor in the administration of George W. Bush and senior advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq; previous foreign policy and communications aide in the U.S. Senate. Currently a founding partner of Rosemont Capital and author of Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle.
Middle East and Persian Gulf geopolitics, security, and economics; Israeli-Palestinian relations; Iraq; nation-building; post-conflict stabilization; role of foreign policy issues in domestic U.S. politics; media coverage of war; U.S. public diplomacy.
Phone: +1.212.933.9973
Email: dsenor@cfr.org
George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Former ambassador-at-large and special adviser to the secretary of state for policy toward the states of the former Soviet Union. Directed the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force that produced the report Russia’s Wrong Direction: What the United States Can and Should Do.
Russia and the former Soviet Union; Caucasus and Central Asia; U.S. foreign policy.
Phone: +1-202-509-8454
Email: ssestanovich@cfr.org
Senior Fellow for Economic History
Author of the bestselling The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. Adjunct associate professor at New York University's Stern School of Business and syndicated columnist for Bloomberg. Current work includes a development of a new history of the 1960s.
Germany; Russia; history; economics; U.S. tax policy; relative competitiveness.
Phone: +1-212-434-9500
Email: ashlaes@cfr.org
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies
Award-winning coauthor of The Age of Sacred Terror and The Next Attack. Former director for global issues and senior director for transnational threats at the National Security Council. Current work examines the consequences of the American intervention in Iraq, Muslim/non-Muslim relations, and the role of religion in U.S. foreign policy.
U.S. security policy in the Middle East and South Asia; Middle East politics; Palestinian-Israeli relations; transatlantic approaches to Islamic activism; terrorism and counterterrorism; intelligence reform.
Phone: +1.202.509.8437
Email: ssimon@cfr.org
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Globalization
Associate dean and professor of international economics at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and former member of the Council of Economic Advisers. Coauthor of the recent Council Special Report, Global FDI Policy.
The economics and politics of globalization, multinational firms and capital markets, immigration, technological innovation, and the causes and consequences of the globalization backlash.
Phone: +1-603-646-2939
Email: matthew.j.slaughter@tuck.dartmouth.edu
Senior Fellow for Japan Studies
Expert on Japan and Asian international relations. Currently directing the New Regional Security Architecture for Asia program.
Japanese domestic politics and foreign policy; Northeast Asia regional security; international relations of the Asia Pacific.
Email: ssmith@cfr.org
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Korea Studies
Senior associate at the Asia Foundation and Pacific Forum CSIS. Author of China’s Rise and the Two Koreas.
Politics and foreign policy of South Korea and North Korea; U.S.-Korea relations; Northeast Asian security; and U.S.-Asia relations.
Phone: +1.202.588.9420
Email: ssnyder@cfr.org
General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action
Expert on emerging regional and international security challenges. Led the bipartisan Genocide Prevention Task Force's Expert Group on Preventive Diplomacy. Currently focusing on future conflict trends and associated prevention strategies.
U.S. national security policy, conflict prevention strategies, U.S. counterterrorism policy, Northeast Asia security
Email: pstares@cfr.org
Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
Award-winning writer, and editor of the scholarly journal International Finance. His most recent book Money, Markets, and Sovereignty analyzes the historical relationship between money and national sovereignty and its importance in understanding contemporary globalization.
Financial markets; securities trading; international finance.
Phone: +1-212-434-9622
Email: mholden@cfr.org
Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies
Award-winning author of Inside the Cuban Revolution and director of numerous Council-sponsored Task Forces on Latin America. Her latest book Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know was released in June 2009.
Latin America; U.S.-Latin America policy; Anti-Americanism.
Phone: +1.202.509.8410
Email: jsweig@cfr.org
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Law (11/17): Steven Simon writes in favor of trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in New York federal courts, in the New York Times.
Israel (11/16): Steven Cook asks if Palestinian leadership is going to use violence against Israel to strengthen domestic support, in The New Republic.Terrorism (11/15): Thomas Lippman reviews book written by Osama bin Laden’s first wife and son, in the Washington Post.Japan (11/12): Sheila Smith writes on Obama's trip to Asia, in the Washington Post.Nigeria (11/12): John Campbell considers efforts to reform Nigeria's oil and gas industry, on the GlobalPost.
History (11/12): Ray Takeyh considers Vietnam’s lesson in Afghanistan, in the Boston Globe.
Pakistan (11/12): Daniel Markey assesses Pakistani partnerships with the U.S., in the National Bureau of Asian Research.
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