Robert Malley President & CEO Washington D.C., U.S. and Brussels, Belgium Please submit all media inquiries to media@crisisgroup.org. For all other enquiries, please email presidentsoffice@crisisgroup.org attention to Ginger Jacobs. Professional Background 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. President’s Take Every month, coinciding with the publication of our monthly conflict tracker CrisisWatch, Robert Malley writes a President's Take column, in which he reflects on some of the most important updates from conflicts and crisis around the world. In The News 29 Apr 2020 Covid-19 has laid bare the costs of confronting a global crisis with a flawed international system. The only worse outcome would be to confront the next crisis with no system at all. Gulf Times Robert Malley President & CEO 5 Mar 2020 If you’re Iran right now, the tools you have in your arsenal are an ability to expand your nuclear arsenal, roil markets or threaten regional countries and the U.S. presence within them. Washington Post Robert Malley President & CEO 29 Feb 2020 No agreement is perfect, and the U.S.-Taliban deal is no exception. It ought to be celebrated, bolstered and built upon to reach genuine intra-Afghan peace. Al Jazeera Robert Malley President & CEO 28 Jan 2020 [Trump's peace plan's] message to the Palestinians, boiled down to its essence, is: You’ve lost, get over it. Reuters Robert Malley President & CEO 2 Jan 2020 A strike that the [U.S] administration claims was intended to deter Iranian attacks is almost certain to trigger far more of them. Foreign Policy Robert Malley President & CEO 12 Dec 2019 Wishful thinking about regime change in the Middle East is something we have seen before. It has rarely ended well. Foreign Policy Robert Malley President & CEO Latest Updates President's Take 7 January 2021 How Crisis Group Chooses its Ten Conflicts to Watch In his introduction to this month’s edition of CrisisWatch, Crisis Group's President Robert Malley reflects on the once-unimaginable scenes that unfolded in the U.S. Capitol last night, as a mob violently stormed the building. He also explains how we choose our ten conflicts to watch each year. Commentary / Global 30 December 2020 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2021 The new year will likely be plagued by unresolved legacies of the old: COVID-19, economic downturns, erratic U.S. policies and destructive wars that diplomacy did not stop. Crisis Group’s President Robert Malley lists the Ten Conflicts to Watch in 2021. Also available in Español 3 December 2020 Why Crisis Group Calls for Inclusive Dialogue in Ethiopia In his introduction to this month’s edition of CrisisWatch, our President Robert Malley reflects on our field analysts’ work, Crisis Group’s mandate, and why we call for inclusive dialogue in Ethiopia. 3 November 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh’s Belligerents Must Stop Targeting Civilians In his introduction to this month’s edition of CrisisWatch, our President Robert Malley reflects on the tragic conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and the implications of the U.S. election for Americans and the rest of the world. Speech / Middle East & North Africa 20 October 2020 Gulf Tensions Could Trigger a Conflict Nobody Wants Crisis Group’s President & CEO Robert Malley on 20 October 2020 addressed the UN Security Council on the danger of conflict in the Gulf and across the Middle East. An inclusive regional security dialogue may be unlikely, he said, but it would be irresponsible not to try. Also available in العربية Load more