Foreign Policy at Brookings

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Scholars

Portrait of Madiha Afzal, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy.

Madiha Afzal Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @MadihaAfzal

Marsin Alshamary

Marsin Alshamary Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy @MarsinRA

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş Visiting Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, The Turkey Project @asliaydintasbas

Pavel K. Baev Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

Jeffrey Ball, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate

Jeffrey Ball Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative @jeff_ball

Carlo Bastasin Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe @CarloBastasin

Celia Belin, Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution

Célia Belin Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe @celiabelin

Jessica Brandt

Jessica Brandt Policy Director - Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative, Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @jessbrandt

Mariana Budjeryn

Mariana Budjeryn Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe @mbudjeryn

Richard C. Bush Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center

Thomas Christensen

Thomas J. Christensen Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center

Madelyn R. Creedon

Madelyn R. Creedon Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @mrc5920

David Dollar Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, John L. Thornton China Center @davidrdollar

Robert Einhorn

Robert Einhorn Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative

James W. Ellsworth

James W. Ellsworth Federal Executive Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Commander - United States Coast Guard

Salam Fayyad, Distinguished Fellow, Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution

Salam Fayyad Distinguished Fellow - Foreign Policy

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown Director - Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors, Co-Director - Africa Security Initiative, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @VFelbabBrown

Jeffrey Feltman John C. Whitehead Visiting Fellow in International Diplomacy - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Diana Fu

Diana Fu Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center @dianafutweets

Tetsuro Fujimoto

Tetsuro Fujimoto Federal Executive Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Colonel - Japan Air Self-Defense Force

Paolo Gentiloni, Distinguished Fellow, Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution

Paolo Gentiloni Leave of Absence @PaoloGentiloni

Paul Gewirtz, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center, The Brookings Institution

Paul Gewirtz Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law - Yale Law School, Director - Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School, Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center

James Goldgeier

James Goldgeier Visiting Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe @JimGoldgeier

Sharan Grewal

Sharan Grewal Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy @sh_grewal

Samantha Gross, Fellow, Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate, The Brookings Institution

Samantha Gross Director - Energy Security and Climate Initiative, Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative @samanthaenergy

Anna Grzymala-Busse

Anna Grzymała-Busse Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe @annagbusse

Jean-Marie Guéhenno Distinguished Fellow - Foreign Policy @JGuehenno

Shadi Hamid

Shadi Hamid Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy @shadihamid

Daniel S. Hamilton

Daniel S. Hamilton Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe @DanSHamilton

Amos Harel

Amos Harel Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

Ryan Hass, Fellow, Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution

Ryan Hass Director - John L. Thornton China Center, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center, Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies @ryanl_hass

Steven Heydemann

Steven Heydemann Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy @SHeydemann

Fiona Hill

Fiona Hill Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

Photo: Jamie Horsley

Jamie P. Horsley Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center - Yale Law School, Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center

Bruce Jones

Bruce Jones Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @BruceBrookings

Robert Kagan Stephen & Barbara Friedman Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Project on International Order and Strategy

Colin Kahl

Colin Kahl Sydney Stein, Jr. Scholar in Residence - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @ColinKahl

Marvin Kalb Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy @MarvinKalb

Joseph B. Keller

Joseph B. Keller Visiting Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @jbk_phd

Jaclyn A. Kerr

Jaclyn A. Kerr Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, @jackiekerr

Patricia M. Kim

Patricia M. Kim Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center @patricia_m_kim

Kemal Kirişci Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, The Turkey Project @kemalkirisci

Sarah Kreps Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @sekreps

Cheng Li

Cheng Li Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center

Kenneth G. Lieberthal Senior Fellow Emeritus - Foreign Policy

Adam P. Liff

Adam P. Liff Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies @AdamPLiff

Syaru Shirley Lin

Syaru Shirley Lin Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies @syaru

Yingyi Ma

Yingyi Ma Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center

madan tanvi

Tanvi Madan Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies @tanvi_madan

John Maher

John P. Maher Federal Executive Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Colonel - United States Marine Corps

Suzanne Maloney Vice President and Director - Foreign Policy @MaloneySuzanne

Ryan McCormack

Ryan McCormack Federal Executive Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Colonel - United States Army

Chris Meserole, Fellow, Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution

Chris Meserole Director - Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative, Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @chrismeserole

Manuel Muniz

Manuel Muñiz Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe @manuelmunizv

Amy J. Nelson

Amy J. Nelson Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @amyjnelsonphd

Michael O'Hanlon

Michael E. O’Hanlon Director of Research - Foreign Policy, Director - Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Co-Director - Africa Security Initiative, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy @MichaelEOHanlon

Evan Osnos Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center @eosnos

Thomas Pepinsky, associate professor of government (GOVT).

Thomas Pepinsky Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies @tompepinsky

Peter Petri, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center, The Brookings Institution

Peter A. Petri Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center

Ted Piccone Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @piccone_ted

Thomas Pickering Distinguished Fellow - Foreign Policy

Steven Pifer

Steven Pifer Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative @steven_pifer

Itamar Rabinovich

Itamar Rabinovich Distinguished Fellow - Foreign Policy

Douglas A. Rediker Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, Center on the United States and Europe @dougrediker

Evans J.R. Revere Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies

Bruce Riedel Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

General (ret.) Lori Robinson

Lori Robinson Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Natan Sachs

Natan Sachs Director - Center for Middle East Policy, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy @natansachs

Natalie Sambhi

Natalie Sambhi Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies @SecurityScholar

Jaganath Sankaran

Jaganath Sankaran Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Arturo Sarukhan

Arturo Sarukhan Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Latin America Initiative, Former Ambassador of Mexico to the United States @Arturo_Sarukhan

Elizabeth Saunders, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy, The Brookings Institution

Elizabeth N. Saunders Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @ProfSaunders

Jeremy Shapiro Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe @jyshapiro

Pavneet Singh Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Melanie Sisson

Melanie W. Sisson Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @MWSBrookingsFP

Javier Solana Distinguished Fellow - Foreign Policy @javiersolana

Mireya Solís

Mireya Solís Director - Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies @solis_msolis

Jeannie Sowers

Jeannie Sowers Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy @jeannielsowers

Tom Stefanick, Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy, Security and Strategy, The Brookings Institution

Tom Stefanick Visiting Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Constanze Stelzenmüller Director - Center on the United States and Europe, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and Trans-Atlantic Relations @ConStelz

Angela Stent

Angela Stent Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe @AngelaStent

Todd Stern, Senior Fellow, Cross-Brookings Initiative on Climate and Energy, The Brookings Institution

Todd Stern Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative @tsterndc

Jonathan Stromseth, Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asian Studies; Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center

Jonathan Stromseth Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center @j_stromseth

Yun Sun Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative, Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center

Strobe Talbott Distinguished Fellow - Foreign Policy @strobetalbott

Caitlin Talmadge

Caitlin Talmadge Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @ProfTalmadge

Shibley Telhami Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy @ShibleyTelhami

Christopher A. Thomas

Christopher A. Thomas Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology,

Susan A. Thornton

Susan A. Thornton Senior Fellow - Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School, Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center @suea_thornton

Rahul Tongia, Fellow, Brookings India

Rahul Tongia Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative @DrTongia

Tara Varma

Tara Varma Visiting Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe @tara_varma

David Victor, Co-Chair, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

David G. Victor Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

Joshua T. White

Joshua T. White Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy @joshuatwhite

Stephanie Turco Williams

Stephanie T. Williams Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy @StephAnneTurco

Valerie Wirtschafter

Valerie Wirtschafter Fellow - Foreign Policy, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative @vwirtschafter

Constantino Xavier Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy @constantinox

Xue Lan

Lan Xue Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center

Andrew Yeo

Andrew Yeo Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies @AndrewIYeo