Joshua Kram is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute. He has spent his career working at the intersection of business, government, and international affairs, with a focus on the Middle East. He served as senior advisor at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, where he worked on major investments and policy initiatives across the Middle East and other priority markets. Previously, he was vice president of international affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he established several of its flagship Middle East programs, including the Middle East Commercial Center and U.S.-Israel Business Council, and led initiatives focused on trade, investment, and sanctions across the Gulf, Levant, and Iran. Earlier in his career, he worked on U.S. presidential and Senate campaigns and held positions with international NGOs, advocacy organizations, and consulting firms focused on the Middle East.
Kram now leads Westbrook Global Advisory, advising companies and investors on government strategy and economic statecraft. He has been published in The National Interest, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, The Hill, and elsewhere. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Florida and holds an M.B.A. from Emory University.
