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Flynt Leverett

Flynt Leverett
Flynt Leverett is senior fellow and director of the Geopolitics of Energy Initiative of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation.

From 1992 to 2003, he had a distinguished career in the U.S. government, serving as senior director for Middle East Affairs at the National Security Council, Middle East expert on the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff, and senior analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. He is a consultant to the World Economic Forum's "Gulf Cooperation Council and the World 2025" scenarios project and to the Club of Madrid on global energy issues. He is a peer reviewer for the International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook.

Among his many publications are Dealing with Tehran: Assessing U.S. Diplomatic Options toward Iran (2006) and Inheriting Syria: Bashar's Trial by Fire (2005).

Dr. Leverett 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.

 
 

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Last Updated: Dec 15, 2010

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