Abdullah M. Alsaidi
Senior Fellow

Ambassador Alsaidi was the Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations from 2002 until his resignation in March 2011 in response to the killing of dozens of demonstrators by progovernment forces in Sanaa.

Alex Bellamy
Non-resident Senior Adviser

Alex Bellamy is a Non-resident Senior Adviser working on the 'Providing for Peacekeeping' program. Alex is currently Professor of International Security at the Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, Australia,

Craig Charney
Non-resident Senior Adviser

Craig Charney, Senior Adviser to the International Peace Institute, is a pollster and political scientist and an expert on public opinion in the Middle East and Muslim Asia, conflict resolution, and fragile states. As

John L. Hirsch
Senior Adviser

John L. Hirsch is currently a senior adviser to IPI President Terje Rød-Larsen after having held various positions at IPI, including Vice President and Acting Head of the Africa Program from 1998-2005, and again

Warren Hoge
Senior Adviser for External Relations

Warren Hoge joined IPI as Vice President and Director of External Relations in June 2008. In more than three decades as an editor and foreign correspondent at the New York Times, he served as Bureau Chief in

Youssef Mahmoud
Senior Adviser

Youssef Mahmoud is a Senior Adviser at IPI supporting the Africa, Middle East, and peace operations programs. Youssef has held numerous senior positions at the UN, both in New York and in the field, including as the

Maureen Quinn
Senior Adviser

Maureen Quinn joined IPI as a senior adviser in November 2011. During her twenty-five year career as a diplomat of the United States, she has served as the United States Ambassador to Qatar; Coordinator for Afghanistan

Jose Vericat
Adviser

Jose joined IPI in May 2011 to work on the Middle East program, focusing on projects involving Arab civil society and intellectuals engaged with the uprisings in the Middle East since the end of 2010.

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Paul Williams
Non-resident Senior Adviser

Paul Williams is a Non-resident Senior Adviser working on the “Providing for Peacekeeping” project. Paul is currently an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Security Policy Studies program in the