Leon T. Hadar
Research Fellow
Leon T. Hadar is a 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).
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
Books and Book Chapters
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.
Opinion and Commentary
"Czechoslovakia on Their Minds," American Conservative, August 18, 2008
"Time for U.S. to Embrace "Constructive Disengagement" from the Mideast," Energy Tribune, August 12, 2008
"Peace Not Near on Middle East's "Time Horizon"," PRA's Right Web, July 30, 2008
"Losing Afghanistan," American Conservative, July 28, 2008
"Present at the Destruction," American Conservative, June 16, 2008
Multimedia
Leon T. Hadar discusses the assassination of Benazir Bhutto on Federal News Radio (December 27, 2007) [Real Media]
Leon T. Hadar discusses the strategic importance of Pakistan on Voice of America (November 23, 2007) [Windows Media]
"Hezbollah and Terrorism" featuring Leon T. Hadar, July 20, 2006 [Flash Audio, 07:56]