My guest this week is Jonathan Cristol, a fellow at the World Policy Institute in New York City and a senior fellow at Bard College’s Center for Civic Engagement in Annandale, New York. Dr. Cristol is a noted expert in Middle Eastern politics and international security.
At World Policy Institute he researches, writes about, and speaks on issues pertaining to international security, Middle East politics, and United States foreign policy in the Middle East and East Asia. His writing appears regularly in publications including CNN Opinion and World Policy Journal. Dr. Cristol appears frequently in television, radio, print, and podcast media including: Channel News Asia; CNN; i24 English; al Jazeera English; and Reuters; among many others.
He meets regularly with government officials from all over the world, and organizes and hosts a wide variety of public, semi-public, and private events focusing on all aspects of international security. Dr. Cristol is the host of the World Policy Security Series and co-host of “[jargon redacted]: Seriously Irreverent Conversations on Policy.”
Dr. Cristol is an assistant professor of international affairs and director of the Globalization and International Affairs Program at Bard College. At Bard, his courses include: “The United States and the Modern Middle East”; “The History of International Institutions”; “Advanced International Relations Theory”; “Non-State Actors in World Politics”; and “The Nature of Power,” an innovative course that met in regular joint sessions with cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is a former academic director of the State Department’s “Study of the United States Institute- United States Foreign Policy” program, run jointly by Bard College and the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Dr. Cristol maintains a wide network of contacts within the New York City based nonprofit, diplomatic, and policy communities, and is a regular participant in discussions at: the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, where for many years he was a “New Leader”; Council on Foreign Relations, as part of the Council’s educational outreach program; and many other foreign affairs organizations and groups. He is on the “Young Patron’s Council” of “Off-the-Record,” the longest running women’s foreign policy lecture series in the United States.
Dr. Cristol serves as an instructor and subject-matter expert on Middle East affairs for a Maryland-based defense contractor; and is available for consulting and special projects through Dūcō, a global security, technology, and policy consultancy.
A full transcript of this episode can be found here: http://alonben-meir.com/audio/issues-episode-22-jonathan-cristol/
