David Makovsky is the Ziegler distinguished fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and adjunct professor of Middle East studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. David Pollock is the Kaufman Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He served at the US Information Agency and State Department (1983-2007), including four years as a senior Middle East expert on the Secretary's Policy Planning Staff.
