Aaron Stein Elected Next President of the Foreign Policy Research Institute

The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) is pleased to announce the election of Dr. Aaron Stein as its President commencing on April 15, 2024.

PHILADELPHIA, April 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) is pleased to announce the election of Dr. Aaron Stein as its President commencing on April 15, 2024.

"I am thrilled about this opportunity and look forward to continuing our organization's core mission and working with our incredible staff," said Dr. Stein.

A leader in the national security space with over 10 years of think tank and consulting experience, Dr. Stein most recently served as the Chief Content Officer at War on the Rocks/Metamorphic Media, where he led the company's editorial strategy and hosted the War on the Rocks podcast.

Previously he served as FPRI's Director of Research from 2020-2022, and Director of its Middle East Program from 2019-2022. During his tenure as Director of Research, Dr. Stein spearheaded a variety of projects, including a comprehensive study of Russia's Way of War in Syria, an edited volume on Iraqi politics, an analysis of regional security dynamics in the East Mediterranean, and a variety of reports examining great power competition in the Middle East. During this time he also launched FPRI's flagship podcast, Chain Reaction, which has since expanded into a network of several series. Most recently, as a Black Sea Fellow in FPRI's Eurasia Program in 2023, Dr. Stein co-authored the report Turkey's New Foreign Policy: Ankara's Ambitions, Regional Responses, and Implications for the United States and led a Track 2 dialogue on Nuclear Stability and Escalation Risks in Europe.

Commenting on Dr. Stein's appointment, FPRI Chairman of the Board, Robert L. Freedman, said, "We are excited to welcome Aaron Stein's return to FPRI. As a scholar with experience outside academia he is the perfect person to lead us along our continuing growth path."

Prior to joining FPRI, Dr. Stein was a resident senior fellow of the Atlantic Council and held fellowships at the Geneva Center for Security Policy (Switzerland), Royal United Services Institute (London), and the Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (Istanbul).

Dr. Stein holds a BA in politics from the University of San Francisco and an MA in international policy studies with a specialization in nonproliferation from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Dr. Stein received his PhD in Middle East and Mediterranean studies at Kings College, London. He is the author of The US War Against ISIS: How America and its Allies Defeated the Caliphate (Bloomsbury, 2021) and Turkey's New Foreign Policy: Davutoglu, the AKP, and the Pursuit of Regional Order (Routledge, 2015). His commentary has been published in Foreign Affairs, Survival, RUSI Journal, War on the Rocks, and The American Interest. He also co-hosts the Arms Control Wonk podcast, a leading series on arms control, disarmament, and non-proliferation.

Dr. Stein succeeds Carol "Rollie" Flynn, who during nearly five years at the helm of FPRI, significantly increased the depth and breadth of FPRI's research agenda and mission. Ms. Flynn will become President Emeritus of FPRI and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow. Remarking on her time at FPRI, Ms. Flynn noted, "It has been a great honor to lead this remarkable and vital institution. Never has FPRI's mission to produce nonpartisan analysis for policy makers and the public been more vital, and I know that FPRI will continue to excel and grow in influence under the very capable leadership of my friend and colleague Aaron Stein."

On Rollie Flynn's tenure, Chairman Freedman said, "Rollie planned and led a significant increase in FPRI's reach. She has been a pleasure to work with and we look forward to her continued association with FPRI."

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