Our Team

George Landrith

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George Landrith is the President and CEO of Frontiers of Freedom (www.FF.org) was the Republican Party candidate for the United States House of Representatives Fifth Congressional District.

David Pollock

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David Pollock is the Bernstein Fellow at The Washington Institute, focusing on regional political dynamics and related issues.

Bill Mikhail

Bill Mikhail

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Ph.D. In Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia. Master’s in International Relations . He has taught international relations at George Washington University and the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Adam Ereli

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Founder and principal of Iberoamerican Consulting Corporation. He served as a U.S. ambassador to Bahrain

Preston McLaughlin

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Member of the Board of Directors for the Center for a Secure Free Society. He is a Foreign Area Officer for North Africa after serving in the Military Observer Group in the UN Mission (MINURSO).

Jason D. Greenblatt

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Former White House MidEast Envoy; 1 of Chief Architects of President Trump’s Peace Vision; Still trying to bring peace/better lives to region.

Dan Arbell

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Scholar in Residence at American University in Washington DC and former Deputy Ambassador of Israel to the US. He is an expert on US-Middle East-Israel issues.

retd Vice Adm John Miller

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Vice Admiral (Ret.) John W. Miller a nonresident expert on US foreign policy and military, a former 5th fleet commander,a consultant, policy advisor, and speaker based in Washington

Ben Fishman

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Senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He served on the National Security Council staff during the Obama administration, including as Director for North Africa and Jordan.

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Atef A Gawad

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A long-time broadcast journalist and author ,hosts a radio talk show in the U.S. Dr Atef A Gawad PHD is a regular commentator and analyst on several TV channels beaming to the Middle East.

Rachel Alexander

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A Lawyer and political commentator, editor and founder of Intellectual Conservative. She previously served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Arizona, corporate attorney for Go Daddy Software

Mohamed Said Ouafi

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Journalist, director and TV producer, former diplomat, former senior correspondent for France 24 TV in Washington, DC. he is CEO of Global Media Center INC , Graduated in both Law and fine Arts

Adelle Nazarian

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An international journalist and foreign policy analyst, Covering USA and has been reporting on India, Iran, China and the Middle East. Born in Livingston, New Jersey, Adelle holds a dual degree in Mandarin Chinese and Political Science.

Bonnie Glick

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A Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a Fellow in Harvard University’s Institute of Politics. She served as the Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer of the US Agency for International Development

Sarah Bassil

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A human rights advocate and communications specialist with extensive work in the Middle East and North Africa region. Currently, she serves as the Director of Communications at In Defense of Christians

Prof. M. Rabie PhD

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A retired professor of international political economy; he taught at 10 universities on 4 continents. He published 52 books, of which 4 were published by Palgrave Macmillan in 4 years (2013-2017)

Caitlin Miller Hollingsworth

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An attorney and defense consultant. She focuses on issues pertaining to the Middle East, defense, national security, and international law. Worked for the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Bahrain and as a staff member in the U.S. Congress.

Andrew Milburn

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Retired in 2019 as the chief of staff of Special Operations Command Central, He is on the adjunct faculty of the Joint Special Operations University & a fellow of the Modern War Institute. He teaches courses to officers from Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Giorgio Cafiero

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CEO of Gulf State Analytics, adjunct fellow at the American Security Project. Cafiero is a regular contributor to the Middle East Institute, Gulf International Forum. He has an MA in International Relations from the University of San Diego.

Said Arikat

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Said Arikat is a long time Washington based Palestinian American journalist and analyst. He is an accomplished media and public affairs specialist

Jihan Mansour

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Writer and Journalist, former General manager at Alhayaa TV English Network, former Al-Tahrir TV Live Daily Political Night show host, Al Arabia News Network and News & Tv Anchor at MBC Network, she has MBA on Business from Colorado University

Jason Isaacson

Jason Isaacson

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Jason Isaacson, Chief Policy and Political Affairs Officer at the American Jewish Committee, is a longtime analyst of U.S. political and strategic affairs and an advocate for Arab-Israeli peace. An observer to the 1991-92 Middle East peace talks in Madrid, Moscow, and Washington

Cecil Beal

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Cecil has been writing professionally for the last 15 years covering diverse subjects from politics, outdoor sports, U.S. history, to firearms reviews and gun laws. He has been published by The Stream, Western Shooting Journal, Key Peninsula News, and written several articles for the NRA.

DR. MIKLOS K. RADVANYI

DR. MIKLOS K. RADVANYI

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Senior Vice President of Frontiers of Freedom. Doctorate at Eotvos Lorand Scientific University in Budapest, Hungary. Master of International Public Policy at Johns Hopkins and a Master of Comparative Law and American Practice at the National Law Center at George Washington University has advised Members of Congress on foreign policy.

Michael Patrick Flanagan

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Congressman Michael Flanagan represented the 5th District of Illinois. Mike is also an attorney, former Army Captain and President of Flanagan Consulting, a public policy advocacy firm

Ahmed Fathi

Ahmed Fathi

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Ahmed Fathi is an Egyptian-American international journalist, a Resident UN Correspondent, and a Global Affairs Analyst, he reported from several locations around the world in the United States, Europe, South America, North Africa, and Asia.

Youssef Zeroual

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Market analyst and a real state advisor. Over 20 Years Real Estate Investor, Realtor and Real Estate Portfolio Manager In the DC Metropolitan Region.

DR. Mohamed Ettayar

Dr.Mohamed Etayyar

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Writer, Analyst, Professor, and Researcher in security and strategic studies, with a special focus on the Middle East and North Africa, and the Sahel region.

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Anouar Malek

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Writer, researcher, and human rights defender, he has several publications. A former professor at the Algerian military schools and a former envoy of the Arab League in Syria.

Ramesh Sepehrrad

Ramesh Sepehrrad, Ph.D.

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Iranian American author and scholar-practitioner. She teaches Middle East studies at the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Baltimore. She is the chair of the advisory board for the Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC)

Dr. Issam Laaroussi

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Director General of Manzourat Center for Geopolitical and Strategic Studies in Rabat, ex-Director of Research and Strategic Studies department at TRENDS center for Research and Advisory in Abu Dhabi. . Ex professor of security and defense approaches in Police College in UAE

Dr. Mohamed Mliless

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Dr. Mohamed Mliless is an independent researcher in Ecolinguistics and Critical Environmental and Political Discourse Analysis. He holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Moulay Ismail of Meknes, Morocco.

Martin Jay

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Martin Jay is an award-winning journalist currently living in Morocco whose career has spanned over 30 years working for most media giants, including CNN and Euro News, which took him to Africa, owner and editor of Maghrebi.org

Aziz Fahmi

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Writer, Veteran journalist and TV commentator. Covered the Arab World for American Networks NBC, CNN. Currently TV commentator for many Arab satellite channels.

MARK PFEIFLE

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CEO of “Off the Record Strategies,” a Washington, D.C.-based public affairs firm. He is the National Sheriffs’ Association senior advisor and was previously a deputy national security advisor at the White House from 2007-2009.

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