Our Experts

Najam Abbas

Fellow

Najam Abbas

Dr. Najam Abbas is a Senior Fellow focusing on Central and South Asia. He analyzes security issues in South Asia as well as human development in Central Asia.

Danila Bochkarev

Fellow

Danila Bochkarev

Danila Bochkarev is a Brussels-based EWI Fellow, with expertise in energy security, Russia, China and Central Asia.

James L. Creighton

Chief Operating Officer

James L. Creighton

James Creighton is the institute's Chief Operating Officer, working out of the New York Center.

David J. Firestein

Perot Fellow and Vice President for the Strategic Trust-Building Initiative and Track 2 Diplomacy

David J. Firestein

David J. Firestein is a Perot Fellow and EWI's Vice President for the Strategic Trust-Building Initiative and Track 2 Diplomacy. In this capacity, he leads EWI's China, Russia and United States programs. 

Os Guinness

Former Senior Fellow

Os Guinness

Os Guinness is an expert in faith, public policy, and international relations. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of London and a D Phil in social sciences from Oriel College at the University of Oxford.

Vladimir Ivanov

Senior Associate and Director of EWI's Moscow Branch

Vladimir Ivanov

Vladimir Ivanov, PhD, is the Director of the EastWest Institute's Moscow Office. Before his current position, Vladimir was responsible for overseeing and managing EWI's Fiscal Transparency Program, including the publication of a series of studies on fiscal flows between the Federal Budget and the Regions.

Hekmat Karzai

Senior Fellow

Hekmat Karzai

Hekmat Karzai is the founder and Director of the Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies in Kabul, Afghanistan. He is a frequent commentator on Afghanistan and has served as Head of the Political Department at the Afghan embassy in the U.S.

Piin-Fen Kok

Director, China Program

Piin-Fen Kok

Piin-Fen Kok is director of the China program at the EastWest Institute.

Jacqueline McLaren Miller

Former Senior Associate, U.S. Program

Jacqueline McLaren Miller

Jacqueline McLaren Miller was a Senior Associate in the Strategic Trust-Building Initiative, where she ran the U.S. program.

Andrew Nagorski

Vice President and Director of Public Policy

Andrew Nagorski

Andrew Nagorski, who spent more than three decades as a foreign correspondent and editor for Newsweek, is vice president and director of public policy for the EastWest Institute. Nagorski is based in New York but continues to travel extensively, writing for numerous publications. His most recent book is Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power (Simon & Schuster, 2012).

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