Flynt Leverett
Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program and Director, Geopolitics of Energy Initiative, New America Foundation
Energy & Environment, Foreign Policy, National Security
Related Programs:
The Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program, American Strategy Program, Geopolitics of Energy Initiative
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Among Dr. Leverett's many publications are Dealing with Tehran: Assessing U.S. Diplomatic Options toward Iran (2006) and Inheriting Syria: Bashar's Trial by Fire (2005). His op-eds and articles on Middle Eastern issues and global energy affairs have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, The National Interest, The Washington Quarterly, and The American Prospect, among other publications. He has appeared on a wide range of news and public affairs programs as well as on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He appears regularly before prominent academic and policy fora in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and has provided expert testimony to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee. He also speaks to distinguished business audiences worldwide. He holds a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute of Strategic Studies.
As Senior Research Fellow with the American Strategy Program and Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Initiative at the New America Foundation, Dr. Leverett studies the implications of structural shifts in global energy markets for international politics and the international economy.
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