Warren Bass—Editor, Scholar, Policy Expert—Named Institute Communications Director and Senior Fellow

WASHINGTON, DC - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy is pleased to announce that Warren Bass is its new Director of Communications and Senior Fellow. His career has ranged from journalism to scholarship, editing, and government service.

"I am delighted to welcome Warren to the Institute. With his impressive breadth of experience, Middle East expertise, and strategic communications acumen, I am confident he will help the Institute go from strength to strength," said Dr. Robert Satloff, the organization's Segal Executive Director and Howard P. Berkowitz Chair in U.S. Middle East Policy.

Dr. Bass served most recently as director of speechwriting and senior advisor to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and previously fulfilled the same duties for the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. He has also served as a professional staff member for the 9/11 Commission, playing a key role in drafting and editing the commission's landmark final report.

In addition, Dr. Bass has worked as a senior editor of the Wall Street Journal's Review section, deputy editor of the Washington Post's Outlook section, and associate editor at Foreign Affairs magazine. He has also worked as a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation.

A historian by training, Dr. Bass is the author of Support Any Friend: Kennedy's Middle East and the Making of the U.S.-Israel Alliance (Oxford University Press). His writing has appeared in publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Haaretz, and Slate. He received his doctorate in history and a master's in journalism from Columbia University.

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About The Washington Institute: The Institute is an independent, nonpartisan research institution funded exclusively by U.S. citizens that seeks to advance a balanced and realistic understanding of American interests in the Middle East and to promote the policies that secure them. Drawing on the research of its fellows and the experience of its policy practitioners, the Institute promotes informed debate and scholarly research on U.S. policy in the region.