Leon Hadar, is a global affairs analyst, journalist, blogger and author
Education
Hadar graduated from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and completed his graduate studies at Columbia University, where he earned Master of Arts degrees from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the School of International and Public Affairs as well as a certificate from the Middle East Institute. He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the School of International Service (SIS) at American University.
Career
A long-time critic of American policy in the Middle East, and a former research fellow with the Cato Institute, Hadar is a contributing editor for The American Conservative and a contributor to National Interest, Chronicles and Reason, a columnist for Haaretz and i24news and a blogger for the Huffington Post. Hadar has published numerous analyses and commentaries on United States. global diplomatic and trade policies, with a special focus on the Middle East and East and South Asia. Hadar is the author of two books on United States. policy in the Middle East, Quagmire: America in the Middle East (Cato Institute, 1992), and Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).
Hadar also served as a foreign policy advisor to the Ron Paul 2008 presidential camapaign.
He has taught political science at University of Maryland College Park and is currently an Expert at Wikistrat. degrees from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the School of International and Public Affairs as well as a certificate from the Middle East Institute.
Politics
A former United Nations correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, Hadar is currently the Washington bureau chief for the Business Times (Singapore)." He also taught political science at American University and Mount Vernon College, where he served as director of international studies, and was affiliated as a research fellow with the EastWest Institute (formerly the Institute on East-West Security Studies), the *Center for International Development and Conflict Management(CIDCM) at the University of Maryland, College Park and the Independent Institute. In 1993, Hadar was selected as a member of the Libertarian Party"s "Shadow Cabinet", "a list of public figures and scholars—including Ron Paul (Treasury), John Taylor Gatto (), and James Bovard (Agriculture)—who were expected to review and comment on the actions of President Clinton"s cabinet.".