Karim Sadjadpour
Karim Sadjadpour is an American policy analyst[1] at the Carnegie Endowment. Prior to that he was "chief Iran analyst" at the International Crisis Group.[2] He is a contributor to BBC TV and radio, CNN, National Public Radio, PBS NewsHour and Al-Jazeera, and has also appeared on the Today Show, Charlie Rose, Fox News Sunday and the Colbert Report.[3] He contributes regularly to publications such as the Economist, Washington Post, New York Times, International Herald Tribune and Foreign Policy.[4]
He has briefed U.S., EU and Asian officials about Middle Eastern affairs, he testified before the US Congress, has lectured at Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford Universities. He is the recipient of a number of academic awards, including a Fulbright scholarship.[5]
In 2007 Sadjadpour was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in Davos.[6] He is a board member of the Banu Foundation, an organization dedicated to assisting grassroots organizations that are empowering women worldwide.[7]
Sadjadpour received a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Michigan, and an M.A. at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Publications
- Reading Khamenei: The World View of Iran's Most Powerful Leader, Carnegie Endowment Report, March 2008 - New Foreword, December 2009