Primary Job Title Director of Research Primary Organization 
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Location Washington, District of Columbia, United States Regions Washington DC Metro Area, Southern US Gender Male
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Patrick Clawson is Morningstar senior fellow and director of research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.Patrick Clawson is Morningstar senior fellow and director of research at the Washington Institute, where he directs the Iran Security Initiative. Widely consulted as an analyst and media commentator, he has authored more than 150
articles about the Middle East and international economics and is the author or editor of eighteen books or studies on Iran.Dr. Clawson appears frequently on television and radio, and has published op-ed articles in major newspapers including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. He has also testified before congressional committees more than twenty times and has served as an expert witness in more than thirty federal cases against Iran.
Prior to joining The Washington Institute, he was a senior research professor at the National Defense University's Institute for National Strategic Studies, a senior economist at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and a research scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.He is Ph.D. in economics, New School for Social Research; B.A., Oberlin College
