Jon B. Alterman

Alterman is senior vice president, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and the director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Earlier in his career, he was a member of the policy planning staff at the U.S. Department of State, a special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, and a foreign policy adviser to Senator Daniel P. Moynihan.