Elliott Abrams

Elliott Abrams is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor in the administration of President George W. Bush, where he supervised U.S. policy in the Middle East for the White House, and as Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela in the Trump administration. From 1996 until joining the White House staff, Abrams was president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. He was the assistant secretary of state for United Nations affairs, human rights, and Latin America during the Reagan Administration. Abrams is the author of five books: “Undue Process, Security and Sacrifice, Faith or Fear: How Jews Can Survive in a Christian America,” “Tested by Zion: The Bush Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” and most recently “Realism and Democracy: American Foreign Policy After the Arab Spring.” He is the editor of three more books, including “The Influence of Faith: Religious Groups and U.S. Foreign Policy.” He is a member of the Advisory Board established by the Middle East Partnership for Peace Act (MEPPA).