In any given year, there are up to 25 key policy analysts serving as senior fellows of the World Policy Institute. Their research, publications, public appearances and commentary in the print and electronic media comprise a body of work that makes the Institute an unparalleled leader in the national and international policy arenas.
World Policy Institute Senior Fellows and Project Leaders offer expert commentary on 14 broad international policy areas listed below. By clicking on a topic and fellow you will find a brief biography, detailed resume, and contact information.
Details on specific research projects at the World Policy Institute are also available.
Africa
Ruthie Ackerman -Liberia; new media; womens rights
Susan Benesch -Kenya, Libya, Cote d'Ivoire; new media and conflict
Monique El-Faizy - Egypt, Coptic Christians, sectarian conflict
Todd Lester -North Africa, forced migration
William Powers - Liberia; sustainable forestry; development
Khadija Sharife - Development
David Stevens - Southern African Politics
American Foreign Policy
Eric Alterman
Ian Bremmer
Mira Kamdar - US-India
Nina Khrushcheva - US-Russia
James Nolt - US-East Asia
Andrew Reding - US-Latin America
Sherle Schwenninger
Masaru Tamamoto - US-Japan
Martin Walker
Patricia DeGennaro
Michele Wucker
Arms Trade
Swadesh Rana - Small arms control
Arts & Policy
Todd Lester - art and culture
Karl Meyer
Damaso Reyes - photography and photojournalism
Asia
Patricia DeGennaro -Afghanistan and South Asia
Michelle Fanzo - Afghanistan
Mira Kamdar - India, South Asia: Politics & Economy
James Nolt - particularly China and Japan; US-East Asia relations
Swadesh Rana - India; Pakistan; South Asia
Masaru Tamamoto -- particularly Japan; Japan-China and Japan-US relations
Central/South America
Susan Benesch- Central America, Haiti; human rights
Stephanie Elizondo Griest- Mexico
Silvana Paternostro - especially Cuba, Colombia
Andrew Reding - Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Haiti
Lissa Weinmann - Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia
Michele Wucker - Dominican Republic, Haiti, Argentina
William Powers - Bolivia, food aid; climate change and deforestation; ecological tourism; indigenous peoples
Energy and the Environment
Ian Bremmer
Erica Dingman - energy and environmental security
Mira Kamdar- resource shortages, agriculture
Karl Meyer
William Powers - Bolivia, food aid; climate change and deforestation; ecological tourism; indigenous peoples
Khadija Sharife - Africa, climate change
Kim Taipale - energy security
Eurasia
Ian Bremmer
Karl Meyer
European Policy
David Andelman
Belinda Cooper - Germany
Paul Hockenos
Mira Kamdar - France
Nina Khrushcheva
David Rieff - Balkans; Kosovo; Bosnia
Martin Walker
Michele Wucker - comparative immigration policy
Global Economy
Ian Bremmer
Michelle Fanzo - International development, emerging markets
Jeffrey Madrick- Finance
James Nolt - International political economy
Sherle Schwenninger
Martin Walker
Michele Wucker
Global Security
David Andelman
Ian Bremmer
Kim Taipale - Surveillance society; information warfare; cyber-crime
Patricia DeGennaro
Michele Wucker
Health
Siddharth Dube- AIDS, sex work
Lissa Weinmann - Cuba's foreign doctors program
Immigration
Belinda Cooper- Germany
Stephanie Griest - Mexico; identity; impact on sending country
Paul Hockenos - Balkans, Germany, Eastern Europe, migration and development
Mira Kamdar - India, Diaspora lobbying
Todd Lester - Africa, Asylum policy
Karl Meyer - treatment of minorities
Silvana Paternostro - Colombia, Identity
Michele Wucker - Economics and politics; remittances; political participation
Kavitha Rajagopalan - integration, immigrant identity formation, comparative migration policy, Muslim immigrant communities in the West, displacement
International Law & Human Rights
Belinda Cooper- War crimes; international law; women's rights
Claudia Dreifus - Women's rights
Monique El-Faizy - Egypt, Coptic Christians, sectarian conflict
Stephanie Griest - Civil liberties
Todd Lester - Human rights; asylum; refugees
Silvana Paternostro - Women's issues
Andrew Reding - Human rights; Electoral systems and democracy; Rights of sexual minorities (LGBTI) worldwide
Michele Wucker - Immigration; Dominican Republic and Haiti
Kavitha Rajagopalan - Corporate Social Responsibility, global corporate behavior and financial systems
Khadija Sharife - Africa
Media Criticism
Eric Alterman
Claudia Dreifus
Stephanie Griest
Peter Kaufman - Broadcast; publishing
Neelam Verjee
Middle East
Alon Ben-Meir
Monique El-Faizy - Egypt, Coptic Christians, sectarian conflict
Todd Lester
Karl Meyer
Patricia DeGennaro
NATO
Patricia DeGennaro
Sherle Schwenninger
Martin Walker
Russia & CIS
Ian Bremmer- Eurasia
Nina Khrushcheva - Russia; U.S.-Russia relations
Peter Kaufman
Sherle Schwenninger
Martin Walker - Russia
Science & Technology
Claudia Dreifus - Democratization of science
Jeffrey Madrick-- Computers & Productivity
David Stevens - Technology, Economy, and Politics.
Kim Taipale -- Global Information Society Project
Michele Wucker - impact of immigration on science
United Nations
Siddharth Dube
Michelle Fanzo
Swadesh Rana
