Hamid, Shadi

Shadi Hamid is director of research at the Brookings Doha Center and a fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. He is a correspondent for "The Atlantic", vice-chair of the Project on Middle East Democracy, and a member of the World Bank's MENA Advisory Panel". "Prior to joining Brookings, he was director of research at POMED and a Hewlett Fellow at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. He lives in Washington, D.C.