Suzanne Maloney

Suzanne Maloney is a senior fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, where her research focuses on energy, economic reform and U.S. policy toward the Middle East. Most recently, she was a member of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, covering Iran, Iraq, the Gulf States and broader Middle East issues. Prior to joining the government, she was the Middle East advisor at ExxonMobil Corporation, where she worked on regional business development, political risk analysis and corporate outreach and communications. Iran’s Long Reach: Iran as a Pivotal State in the Muslim World She was the recipient of an International Affairs Fellowship at the Council on Foreign Relations and has previously served at Brookings as an Olin fellow and a Brookings research fellow. She holds a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Affiliations: ESC, expert board & member Johns Hopkins University/SAIS, adjunct professor