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Nonresident Senior Fellow

Shibley Telhami

Shibley Telhami

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

Shibley Telhami, a nonresident senior fellow in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, is a former advisor to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and the Iraq Study Group. He is an expert on U.S. policy in the Middle East, particularly on the role of the news media in shaping political identity and public opinion in the region.



Expertise

Arab-Israeli conflict; ethnic conflict; international negotiations; media and political identity; Palestinian and Israeli politics; Persian Gulf politics; U.S. policy in the Middle East

Background

Current Positions
Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland; Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Board Member, Human Rights Watch, Education for Employment Foundation

Past Positions
Associate Professor, Cornell University; Assistant Professor, Ohio State University; Lecturer, Princeton University, Columbia University, Swarthmore College, University of Southern California, University of California at Berkeley; Advisor, U.S. Mission to the United Nations; Advisor, Congressman Lee H. Hamilton (D-Ind.)

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1986; M.A., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, 1978; B.A., Queens College of the City University of New York, 1974

"In the end, it was an important forward step but it only raised higher expectations in Muslim-majority countries especially in the Middle East. The pressure will mount for moving beyond words on the core issues and emerging American credibility will be tested early."


Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioHow Israel Can Help Prevent a Nuclear IranJanuary 15, 2012The New York Times
Save to My PortfolioArab Public Opinion: A Question of What They Want and SayDecember 06, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioThe 2011 Arab Public Opinion PollNovember 21, 2011The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioWeb Chat: The Palestinian Vote at the UNSeptember 21, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioWhy Palestinian Statehood Is a Question for the U.N.September 16, 2011The Washington Post
Save to My PortfolioCan Israel Survive Without a Palestinian State?September 15, 2011The New York Times (Room for Debate blog)
Save to My PortfolioThe American Public on the 9/11 Decade: A Study of American Public OpinionSeptember 08, 2011Program on International Policy Attitudes, University of Maryland
Save to My PortfolioObama's Arab-Israeli OptionsMay 18, 2011The New York Times (Room for Debate blog)
Save to My PortfolioThe American Public and the Arab AwakeningApril 12, 2011The Program on International Policy Attitudes; and The Anwar Sadat Chair, University of Maryland
Save to My PortfolioEgypt, Tunisia...and IranFebruary 15, 2011The National Interest
Save to My PortfolioAround the Halls: A New EgyptFebruary 11, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioMubarak's Role and Mideast PeaceFebruary 01, 2011The New York Times (Room for Debate Blog)
Save to My PortfolioHezbollah's Power Play in LebanonJanuary 13, 2011The National Interest
Save to My PortfolioCan the Israelis and Palestinians Reach a Peace Agreement?December 10, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioAttitudes Toward the Middle East Peace ProcessDecember 09, 2010The Brookings Institution

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