Dr. Imad Harb is a political and strategic analyst specializing in Levantine, Arabian Peninsula, Egyptian affairs, and in Arab-American relations. He is Distinguished International Affairs Fellow with the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and founder of Quest for Middle East Analysis, a research, consultancy, and advocacy firm on Middle East issues. He recently returned to Washington, DC, after working as a researcher and analyst at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research in Abu Dhabi, UAE, where he focused on the GCC region, Iran, Iraq, and related international issues and developments.
Dr. Harb previously worked to help rehabilitate the Iraqi higher education sector as a Senior Program Officer for Education at the United States Institute of Peace. Since earning his PhD from the University of Utah, Dr. Harb has been an Adjunct Professor at San Francisco State University, the University of Utah, Georgetown University, George Washington University, the University of Maryland, and the Middle East Institute.