Dr. Ranj Alaaldin is a foreign policy specialist with over 20 years of experience covering international security, good governance, track II diplomacy, and public sector reforms. Dr. Alaaldin obtained his PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he obtained degrees in international law. He was previously a fellow at Columbia University, King's College London and Brookings Institution. He is a fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Oxford University and a Senior Consultant at the World Bank. He has presented his work at the World Bank, the House of Commons, and the UK Foreign Affairs Committee. Alaaldin has published in academic journals and writes for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Policy.