THE GLOBAL BEAT-EXPERTS


Ervand Abrahamian (Iran)
History Department
Baruch College, Box B5/200
1 Bernard Baruch Way
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (646) 312-4327
Fax: (646) 312-4311
Email: Ervand_Abrahamian@baruch.cuny.edu

Lahouari Addi: Expert on Algeria,; University of Lyon; laddi@University-lyon2.fr
Amatzia Baram
Professor University of Haifa 50 Pinsker St. Neve Shanan Haifa, Israel 32715 Phone: 972-4-8225566 Email: Baram@research.haifa.ac.il Area of Expertise: Iraq, Bath Party, Syrian politics, modern history of the Middle East

Phyllis Bennis (Iraq)
Fellow, New Internationalism: The Middle East & United Nations Affairs
Institute for Policy Studies
733 15th St NW, Suite 1020
Washington DC, 20005
Telephone: (202) 234-9382
Fax: (202) 387-7915
Area of Expertise: Sanctions, U.S. foreign policy, United Nations


Patrick Clawson
Director of Research
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
1828 L Street, N.W., Suite 1050
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: 202-452-0650
Fax: 202-223-5364
patrickc@washingtoninstitute.org
Area of Expertise: Economics, sanctions policy, Persian Gulf, Iran, Iraq

Juan Cole (Iraq & Iran)
University of Michigan
2527 Haven Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: 734-763-1599
Fax: 734-647-4881
E-mail: jrcole@umich.edu
Area of Expertise: politics, culture and history of Shi'ite and Sunni Islam


Anthony H. Cordesman
Senior Fellow and Codirector
Middle East Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1800 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-775-3270 email: acordesman@aol.com
Fax: 202-466-4740
Expertise: balance of military power, war, Peace Process


Steven Emerson
Director
The Investigative Project
3930 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 202
Washington, D.C. 20008
Phone: 202-363-1911
Fax: 202-966-5191
Area of Expertise: Islamic extremism and counter-terrorism


Edmund Ghareeb
Adjunct Professor
American University
5704 Cromwell Drive
Bethesda, MD 20816
Phone: 202-955-6233
or 301-229-5704
Fax: 301-229-5703
Email: esun@hotmail.com
Area of Expertise: Iraq, sanctions

Heba Handoussa (Egypt)
Managing Director, Economic Research Forum For The Arab Countries, Iran & Turkey
7 Boulos Hanna Street
Dokki, Cairo
Egypt
Telephone: 202-337-0810
Fax: 202-761-6042
Email: hhandoussa@erf.org.eg
Area of Expertise: Economics

William D. Hartung (Arms Trade)
Director, The Arms Trade Resource Center
New School University
66 Fifth Avenue, 9th fl.
New York, NY 10011
Telephone: 212-229-5808
Fax: 212.229.5579
Email: hartung@newschool.edu
Webpage: http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/
Area of Expertise: U.S. weapons trade and U.S. arms sales policy

Pervez Hoodbuoy (Afghanistan)
Professor
Department of Physics
Quaid-i-Azam University
Islamabad 45320
Pakistan
Telephone: 282-9472

Nikki Keddie (Iran)
UCLA Department of History
6265 Bunche Hall, Box 951473
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1473
Phone: 310-825-4601
Email: keddie@history.ucla.edu
Area of Expertise:


Judith Kipper
Co-director of Middle Eastern Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1800 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-775-3213
Fax: 202-466-4740
Email: kipperj@acsis.org
Area of Expertise: Arab-Israeli relations, Peace process, West Bank and Gaza, Palestinian development, US-Arab relations

Azzedine Layachi (Algeria)
Department of Government and Politics
St. John’s University
300 Howard Avenue
Staten Island, NY10301
Phone: 718-390-4585
Fax: 718-390-4347
E-mail: layachia@stjohns.edu


Ambassador David Mack
Vice President
Middle East Institute
1761 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-289F
Phone: 202-785-1141 Ext. 226
Fax: 202-331-8861
Email: vp@mideasti.org
Area of Expertise: Gulf security, Iraq, North Africa, Political Islam