Center for a New American Security

Suzanne Maloney is a Senior Fellow at the Saban 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. Since joining Brookings, Maloney has published several articles in publications including The National Interest, Current History, Newsweek International, and the Fletcher Forum of World Affairs. Dr. Maloney has launched a new book project on Iran’s political economy since the Islamic Revolution, and is co-authoring a set of policy recommendations on Iran for the next U.S. administration as part of a joint project of the Saban Center and the Council on Foreign Relations. The U.S. Institute of Peace will publish her monograph on Iran’s relationship with the Muslim world, entitled Iran’s Long Reach, in 2008. Maloney regularly briefs U.S. Government policymakers as well as university and private sector audiences, and has testified before the National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Prior to joining Brookings, Maloney was a member of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, covering Iran, Iraq, the Gulf States and broader Middle East issues. Her career includes positions at ExxonMobil Corporation, where as Middle East Advisor she worked on regional business development, political risk analysis, and corporate outreach and communications. Maloney directed the 2004 Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on US Policy toward Iran, chaired by Zbigniew Brzezinski and Robert Gates, and received a prestigious CFR International Affairs Fellowship as well as numerous academic distinctions. Maloney holds a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and has studied in Cairo, London and Tehran.