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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 Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics. He served from 2009 to 2013 on the National Security Council, where he held several posts, including director for North Africa and Jordan; director for Libya; and executive assistant to Ambassador Dennis Ross. As director for Libya, he coordinated  U.S. support for Libya's revolution. He also 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, and was an adjunct international security and defense policy analyst at the RAND Corporation focused on security challenges to North Africa. Fishman is an adjunct assistance professor for security studies at Georgetown University. 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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Recent Policy Analysis by Ben Fishman

Brief Analysis
Jordan Still Has a Vital Role to Play in the Gaza Crisis
Oct 19, 2023
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  • Ben Fishman
People look at the list of missing people, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya - source: Reuters
Articles & Testimony
Libya Floods: As Families Search for Loved Ones, Politicians Trade Blame
Sep 14, 2023
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  • Ben Fishman
A Libyan protester holds up a sign denouncing Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush for meeting with an Israeli official.
Brief Analysis
The Rise and Immediate Fall of Israel-Libya Relations
Aug 29, 2023
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  • Ben Fishman
A United States Air Force trainer works with soldiers of the Nigerian Armed Forces - source: U.S. government
Brief Analysis
Niger Coup Threatens U.S. Strategy on Counterterrorism and Russia
Aug 16, 2023
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  • Ben Fishman
  • Anna Borshchevskaya
  • Aaron Y. Zelin
Tunisian demonstrators outside the general union building (UGTT), June 2022
Brief Analysis
Did the EU Bail Out Tunisia’s Kais Saied?
Jul 26, 2023
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  • Sabina Henneberg
  • Ben Fishman
The logo of the Russian mercinary force The Wagner Group on an office door in Moscow - source: Reuters
Brief Analysis
Wagner vs. Russia’s Defense Ministry in the Middle East
Jun 29, 2023
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
  • Ben Fishman
  • Andrew J. Tabler
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