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Middle East Program
Program Staff & Fellows
Staff and fellows are the core of the Wilson Center's knowledge on the Middle East. Our current cohort of fellows joins us to pursue a variety of research projects, and our resident scholars contribute their extensive background and expertise.
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Program Staff
Current Fellows
Dalia Dassa Kaye
Fellow;
Former Director of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy, and senior political scientist
Former Director of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy, and senior political scientist
Asher Orkaby
Fellow;
Research Scholar, Transregional Institute, Princeton University
Research Scholar, Transregional Institute, Princeton University
David Hale
Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow, Wilson Center; Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Former Ambassador to Pakistan, Lebanon and Jordan
Amy Austin Holmes
Public Policy fellow and former Visiting Scholar at Harvard University
Hallam Ferguson
Public Policy Fellow;
Former Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID
Former Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID
Resident Scholars
Featured
Haleh Esfandiari
Distinguished Fellow; Director Emerita, Middle East Program
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Marina Ottaway
Middle East Fellow;
Former Senior Research Associate and Head of the Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Former Senior Research Associate and Head of the Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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David Ottaway
Middle East Fellow;
Middle East Specialist and Former Washington Post Correspondent
Middle East Specialist and Former Washington Post Correspondent
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Robin Wright
USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Fellow;
Author and columnist for The New Yorker
Author and columnist for The New Yorker
Alumni
Lindsay Benstead
Former Fellow
Read more from LindsayThe Wilson Center provided much more than time and space to write. The Wilson Center is a family. The connections I made here—and the skills that the staff imparted—shaped me into a more publically engaged scholar for the years to come.
Amy Austin Holmes
Public Policy fellow and former Visiting Scholar at Harvard University
Joby Warrick
Public Policy Fellow
Kim Ghattas
Former Public Policy Fellow
