Emad Kiyaei works at the intersection of political risk, disarmament and diplomacy. He is the co-author of Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction: A new approach to non-proliferation, published by Routledge. He is a director at the Middle East Treaty Organization (METO), which seeks to eradicate all weapons of mass destruction from the Middle East through innovative policy, advocacy and educational programs.

Formerly, he was a researcher for Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs and an associate at Columbia University’s Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR). As a research specialist, he has contributed to the publication of two books, 14 journal papers and over a hundred articles on the geopolitics of the Middle East.

Emad served as the executive director of the American Iranian Council (AIC), a nonprofit and nonpartisan educational organization that focuses on US-Iran relations. He provided strategic consultation to a number of United Nations Security Council members during the Iranian nuclear negotiations (2013-2016).

Emad was the Sol M. Linowitz Visiting Professor of International Affairs at Hamilton College. He lectures on the Middle East and disarmament issues at various academic institutions, including Marymount College and the University of Cape Town.

Emad regularly contributes and provides interviews to national and international media, including Al Jazeera, BBC, Business Insider, CBS, Foreign Policy, NPR and PBS. He also appeared in the renowned documentary on cyber warfare, Zero Days. He has also been invited to speak and participate at conferences and institutions worldwide, including at the Afro-Middle East Center, Harvard University, International Peace Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United Nations, University of Chicago and Yale University. Emad holds a Master’s of International Affairs from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.