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Leon T. Hadar
Research Fellow
Leon T. Hadar is a former research fellow in foreign policy studies, specializing in foreign policy, international trade, the Middle East, and South and East Asia. He is the former United Nations bureau chief for the Jerusalem Post and is currently the Washington correspondent for the Singapore Business Times.
His analyses on global affairs have appeared in many newspapers, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, and Philadelphia Inquirer, as well as in magazines such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, World Policy Journal, Current History, Middle East Journal, and Mediterranean Quarterly. The broadcast outlets CNN, Fox News, CBC, BBC and VOA have interviewed him.
In addition, Hadar has taught at American University and Mount Vernon College-where he served as director of international studies-at the Institute on East-West Security Studies in New York, and at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Hadar is a graduate of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He earned his MA degrees from the schools of journalism and international affairs and the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, and his Ph.D. in international relations is from American University.
He is the author of Quagmire: America in the Middle East (1992).
Books and Book Chapters
"Who Lost the Middle East?," Chapter 27 of Handbook of US-Middle East Relations
"U.S. Policy in the Middle East," Chapter 52 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East, (2005).
Quagmire: America in the Middle East, (1992).
Cato Studies
"Mending the U.S.-European Rift over the Middle East," Policy Analysis no. 485, August 20, 2003.
"Pakistan in America's War against Terrorism: Strategic Ally or Unreliable Client?," Policy Analysis no. 436, May 8, 2002.
"Averting a "New Kosovo" in Indonesia: Opportunities and Pitfalls for the United States," Policy Analysis no. 367, March 9, 2000.
"East Timor and the "Slippery Slope" Problem," Foreign Policy Briefing no. 55, December 20, 1999.
"U.S. Sanctions against Burma: A Failure on All Fronts," Trade Policy Analysis no. 1, March 26, 1998.
Articles and Newsletters
"Israel's Not-So-Future Perfect," World Policy Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3, Pages 85-88 (2008).
Opinion and Commentary
"Saving U.S. Mideast Policy," National Interest (Online), July 1, 2011
"Don't Write off the West and Pin Hopes Only on the Rest," Business Times, July 1, 2011
"Barack Gorbachev: Adjusting to the Global Reality," Huffington Post, June 27, 2011
"This Is a Struggle for Power, Not Arab Spring," Business Times, June 10, 2011
"Ngo Dinh Netanyahu, Benjamin MacArthur," Haaretz, May 31, 2011
Speeches and Testimony
Leon Hadar discusses the strategic importance of Pakistan on Voice of America. (November 23, 2007) [Windows Media]
Multimedia
Leon T. Hadar discusses Israeli - U.S. relations on NRK News (March 15, 2010) [Media Highlights - TV, 02:42]
Leon T. Hadar discusses the assassination of Benazir Bhutto on Federal News Radio (December 27, 2007) [Media Highlights - Radio, 08:07]
Leon T. Hadar discusses the strategic importance of Pakistan on Voice of America (November 23, 2007) [Windows Media]
Hezbollah and Terrorism (July 20, 2006) [Daily Podcast, 07:56]
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