Joost Hiltermann Program Director, Middle East and North Africa Please submit all media inquiries to jhiltermann@crisisgroup.org and media@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role As MENA Program Director, Joost leads the organisation’s research, analysis, policy prescription and advocacy in and about the region. Previously, he was Crisis Group’s Chief Operating Officer (2013-2014), in which capacity he was responsible for the oversight and management of the organisation’s programs and operations around the world. Prior to that, he was Crisis Group’s Deputy Program Director for the Middle East and North Africa (2007-2012) and Project Director for the Middle East (2002-2007), helping to manage a team of analysts deployed throughout the region. Areas of Expertise Iraq: political transition, constitutional process, the situation of the Kurds, Kirkuk and other disputed territories, oil, relations with neighbouring states Bahrain Yemen Jordan Israel-Palestine Middle East region: security threats, authoritarianism and democratisation, political Islam, sectarianism Professional Background Chief Operating Officer, International Crisis Group (2013-2014) Deputy Program Director, Middle East and North Africa, International Crisis Group (2007-2012) Project Director, Middle East, International Crisis Group (2002-2007) Executive Director, Arms Division of Human Rights Watch (1994-2002) Director of Iraq Documents Project, HRW (1992-1994) Research Coordinator, Al-Haq (Ramallah) (1988-1990) Database Coordinator, Al-Haq (Ramallah) (1985-1988) PhD, Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz (1988); MA, International Relations, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (1980) He has written for The New York Review of Books, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Financial Times, The National Interest, Middle East Report, and other publications Affiliations Former Board Member, Center for Civilians in Conflict (previously known as CIVIC) Former Advisory Board Member, Arab Regional Office of Open Society Foundations Research Affiliate, MIT Center for International Studies Consultant/Advisor, Dialogue Advisory Group Frequent interviews with major media outlets, including BBC, CNN, The New York Times, Financial Times 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 English Dutch Arabic French In The News 13 Şub 2024 The longer the war in Gaza continues, the greater the risk of even further spillover of the war into other regional theaters. Anadolu Agency Joost Hiltermann Program Director, Middle East and North Africa 25 Oca 2024 What is really needed to save innocent lives [in Gaza] is an immediate ceasefire. Arab News Joost Hiltermann Program Director, Middle East and North Africa 20 Ara 2023 The Houthis have made clear that as soon as Israel halts its offensive in Gaza, then they will also stop firing at commercial shipping [in the Red Sea]. Anadolu Agency Joost Hiltermann Program Director, Middle East and North Africa 19 Kas 2023 Arab states feel they should not be held responsible for Israel's conflict with the Palestinians, which to them stands at the origin of much that ails the region. Fox News Joost Hiltermann Program Director, Middle East and North Africa 11 Kas 2023 [Leaders in the Middle East] have always seen the Palestinian cause as a way for people to vent their anger. DW Joost Hiltermann Program Director, Middle East and North Africa Latest Updates Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 28 Mart 2024 America, Iran, and the Patron’s Dilemma Also available in Arabic Event Recording / Middle East & North Africa 20 Aralık 2023 The Latest Round in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Online Event, 20 December 2023) Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 22 Kasım 2023 No Exit From Gaza Also available in Arabic Podcast / Middle East & North Africa 13 Ekim 2023 No Going Back? Hamas’s Atrocities and Another Catastrophe in Gaza Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 01 Ağustos 2023 Is the Middle East’s Makeover a Mirage? Also available in Arabic Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 29 Haziran 2023 Normalising Relations with Syria: How Significant? Load more