Robert Malley President & CEO Washington D.C., U.S. and Brussels, Belgium Please submit all media inquiries to media@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 70. For all other enquiries, please email Hélène Pilloud at hpilloud@crisisgroup.org. Prior to rejoining Crisis Group, first as Vice President for Policy and since January 2018 as President & CEO, Robert Malley served in the Obama administration as Special Assistant to the President, Senior Adviser to the President for the Counter-ISIL Campaign, and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf region. He also served as Special Assistant to President Clinton for Arab-Israeli affairs and Director for Near East and South Asian affairs at the National Security Council. Before joining the Obama administration, he was Program Director for Middle East and North Africa at Crisis Group, leading the organisation’s research, analysis, policy prescription and advocacy in and about the region. Read a message from Robert Malley, or listen to a Global Dispatches podcast with him. Robert Malley is a graduate of Yale University, Harvard Law School and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He is the author of “The Call from Algeria: Third Worldism, Revolution and the Turn to Islam” and, with Hussein Agha, of several articles, including “Camp David: The Tragedy of Errors ,” “The Last Negotiation,” “Three Men in a Boat,” “Hamas – The Perils of Power” and “The Arab Counter-Revolution.” He has published articles in the New York Review of Books, Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Le Monde and several other publications. In The News 1 May 2018 Somalia has been caught in the middle of an effort [by some Gulf countries] to try to expand influence, commercial and military, along the coast. Reuters Robert Malley President & CEO 5 Apr 2018 Both [Israel and Hizbollah] profess that they don’t want a war because they’ve reached a point of mutually assured heavy damage. But that’s not always a guarantee that things won’t get out of hand. The Nation Robert Malley President & CEO 4 Apr 2018 The approach of the [U.S.] administration is at war with itself. It will be almost impossible for [Trump's Israel/Palestine peace plan] to get a positive reception because of how much they’ve poisoned the well. World Politics Review Robert Malley President & CEO 15 Mar 2018 [With Mike Pompeo named to replace Rex Tillerson as U.S. secretary state,] now you have the appointment of someone who has made it an article of faith that the Iran deal needs to be ripped up. The Washington Post Robert Malley President & CEO 13 Mar 2018 What's happening now is that the Syrian regime is trying to regain control over as large an area as possible. At the same time, other regional conflicts involving Syria are having a greater impact. Dagens Nyheter Robert Malley President & CEO 6 Mar 2018 [Colombia's FARC-EP guerrilla] is one of the few conflicts that has been solved at a negotiating table in recent decades, so I think we really have to support it, and make sure it does not fail. Prensa Latina Robert Malley President & CEO Latest Updates Op-Ed / Africa 7 June 2018 What Happens in the Gulf Doesn’t Stay in the Gulf A year after the Qatar crisis began, it’s having potentially dangerous reverberations in the Horn of Africa. Originally published in The Atlantic Commentary 3 April 2018 The President’s Take | The U.S. in CrisisWatch? Our President Robert Malley’s monthly column to accompany the CrisisWatch conflict tracker for March/April 2018 asks if it is time to include the United States on our list. He also flags escalating crises in Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Yemen and Israel-Palestine, while welcoming positive developments in Kenya and North Korea. Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 19 March 2018 Saudi Arabia’s Leader Could Tell a Better Story if He’d End His Vicious, No-win War Originally published in The Washington Post Also available in العربية Commentary / From Early Warning to Early Action 1 March 2018 The President’s Take | Syria and Venezuela in CrisisWatch Our President Robert Malley’s monthly column to accompany the CrisisWatch conflict tracker for February/March 2018 looks at how outside actors are now openly fighting over Syria, not for Syria. He also flags more bad news from Venezuela, and our upcoming report on what to do about it. Op-Ed / Asia 7 February 2018 An Olympic Truce Could Help Solve the Korea Crisis The Trump administration should take advantage of the Games to promote a peaceful solution to the impasse with North Korea. Originally published in Politico Load more