Michael Herzog is the Israel-based Tisch Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute. A retired brigadier general in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), he served as Israel's ambassador to the ...

Hanin Ghaddar is the Friedmann Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute's Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics, where she focuses on Shia politics throughout the Levant. The longtime ...

Ambassador James F. Jeffrey is the Philip Solondz Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute, a position he held from 2013 to 2018 before rejoining the Institute in 2025. His research focuses on ...

David Makovsky is the Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Project on Arab-Israel Relations. He is also an adjunct professor in Middle East studies at Johns ...

Ambassador Dennis Ross is the counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He also teaches at Georgetown University’s Center for Jewish ...

Richard Nephew is the Bernstein Adjunct Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He has spent much of his career in the U.S. government in various capacities. From 2022-2024, he was ...

Dr. Aaron Y. Zelin is the Gloria and Ken Levy Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where he also directs the Islamic State Worldwide Activity Map project. Zelin is also a Visiting ...

Michael Jacobson is the Mark and Wayne Levy Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute's Jeanette and Eli Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence. Prior to rejoining the Institute, Mr.

David Schenker is the Taube Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics. Confirmed by the Senate on June 5, 2019, he served as Assistant ...

Noam Raydan is the William Sudhaus Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. She writes on topics related to energy and maritime risks in the Middle East. She is a co-creator of ...

Tamar Hermann is an Israeli political scientist specializing in tracking public opinion, particularly regarding national security issues. She currently works as academic director at the Viterbi Family ...

Aaron Y. Zelin is the Gloria and Ken Levy Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where his research focuses on Sunni Arab jihadist groups in North Africa and Syria, foreign ...