Ahmad Hashemi, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Program at the Global Policy Institute (GPI).

Ahmad Hashemi is the Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Program at the Global Policy Institute (GPI). He is a naturalized U.S. citizen in northern Virginia with a unique background as a former Foreign Ministry linguist, pro-democracy activist, and a freelance journalist from Iran. He is currently pursuing a Master’s in Strategic Intelligence Studies at the Institute of World Politics (IWP). His experience also includes a research fellowship at the Hudson Institute, freelance journalism, and multilingual translation in Farsi, Arabic, Turkish, and Azerbaijani. His work at Hudson focused on Iran, Azerbaijan, and Middle Eastern foreign policy issues. He has written for The Hill, National Interest, Washington Examiner, Jewish News Syndicate, the Times of Israel, the Jerusalem Post, Israel Hayom, BBC Persian, Al Arabiya, Iran International, and The Independent Persian, among other media outlets. He has also appeared as a commentator on the BBC Persian, VOA Farsi, Iran International, Bengu Turk TV, Indus TV, and Al Arabiya TV, among other outlets. Before joining Hudson, he worked at Gunaz TV as a political commentator, reporter, and producer. Ahmad Hashemi can be reached at AHMADHASH (at) GMAIL.COM