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Ben Fishman
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Ben Fishman is a Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and a member of the Geduld Program on Arab Politics. He served from 2009 to 2013 on the National Security Council, where he held several posts, including executive assistant to Ambassador Dennis Ross; director for Libya, where he coordinated the U.S. support for Libya's revolution; and later as director for North Africa and Jordan. He supported President Obama's 2013 visit to Jordan and coordinated the $1 billion U.S. assistance package to the Hashemite Kingdom. In 2009, he served at the State Department in the office charged with developing policy toward Iran and the Gulf states. Since leaving government, he was a consulting senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, where he edited North Africa in Transition: the Struggle for Democracies and Institutions. Fishman is an adjunct international security and defense policy analyst at the RAND Corporation. He first worked at the Washington Institute from 2003-2008 where he was a research associate and special assistant to Ambassador Ross.

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Policy Articles by Ben Fishman

Articles & Testimony
What Biden Can Do for Libya
Mar 26, 2021
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  • Ben Fishman
Brief Analysis
Reframing Libya for a Reluctant Administration
Feb 25, 2021
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  • Ben Fishman
Articles & Testimony
Jordan Must Be Included in Future Israeli-Arab Normalization Deals
Jan 3, 2021
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  • Ben Fishman
Brief Analysis
Beyond the Ceasefire in Libya
Aug 25, 2020
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  • Anas El Gomati
  • Ben Fishman
Brief Analysis
Institute expert quoted by the Christian Science Monitor on the changing shape of war in Libya.
Jul 10, 2020
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  • Ben Fishman
Brief Analysis
Shifting Tides in Libya Require More Active U.S. Involvement
Jun 10, 2020
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  • Ben Fishman
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