Patrick Clawson

Patrick Clawson is deputy director for research of the
Washington Institute for Near East Policy. His previous
positions include five years as senior research professor
at the National Defense University’s Institute for National
Strategic Studies and four years each as senior economist
at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, the World Bank,
and the International Monetary Fund.

Dr. Clawson has published op-ed articles in major
newspapers including the New York Times, Wall Street
Journal, and Washington Post. In addition to his frequent
appearances on television and radio, he has authored more
than thirty scholarly articles on the Middle East in such
journals as Foreign Affairs, International Journal of
Middle East Studies, Middle East Journal, and Les Cahiers
de l’Orient. He has also testified before congressional
committees more than a dozen times. Currently serving as
senior editor of Middle East Quarterly, he was previously
editor of Orbis, a quarterly review of foreign affairs.