Suzanne Maloney Session Overview

SUZANNE MALONEY is the Vice President and Director of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. Maloney has advised both Democratic and Republican administrations on Iran policy, including as an external advisor to senior State Department officials during the Obama administration and as a Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s Policy Planning staff member. Previously, she served as Middle East Advisor for ExxonMobil Corporation and Director of the 2004 Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on U.S. policy toward Iran, chaired by former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski and Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Maloney is the author or editor of three books: The Iranian Revolution at 40; Iran’s Political Economy since the Revolution; and Iran’s Long Reach.