Joost Hiltermann
Deputy Program Director, Middle East and North Africa
Washington, DC, USA
Crisis Group role:
Since 2002, Joost Hiltermann has managed a team of analysts based in the Middle and North Africa to conduct research and write policy-focused reports on factors that increase the risk of and drive armed conflict. The crisis in Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran – both internal situation and nuclear question – are Crisis Group’s three priorities in the region, but research is conducted as well in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.
Areas of expertise:
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Iraq: political transition, constitutional process, the situation of the Kurds, Kirkuk and other disputed territories, oil
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Jordan
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Yemen
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Israel-Palestine
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Middle East region: security threats, authoritarianism and democratisation, political Islam
Professional background:
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Executive Director, Arms Division of Human Rights Watch (1994-2002)
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Director of Iraq Documents Project, HRW (1992-1994)
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Research Director, Al-Haq (Ramallah) (1988-1990)
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Analyst, Al-Haq (Ramallah) (1985-1988)
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PhD, Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Frequent interviews with major media outlets, including BBC, CNN, The New York Times, Financial Times
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Two books: A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja (Cambridge, 2007), and Behind the Intifada: Labor and Women’s Movements in the Occupied Territories (Princeton, 1991)
Languages:
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