Ahmad Hashemi

Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Program at the Global Policy Institute (Gpi) @Global Policy Institute Gpi

Washington, DC, US

Ahmad Hashemi is a naturalized U.S. citizen based in Northern Virginia. He has a unique background as a former Foreign Ministry linguist, pro-democracy activist, and freelance journalist from Iran. He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Strategic Intelligence Studies at the Institute of World Politics (IWP) in Washington D.C. His professional experience includes a research fellowship at the Hudson Institute, freelance journalism, and multilingual translation in Farsi, Arabic, Turkish, and Azerbaijani. His work at Hudson focused on Iran, Azerbaijan, and Middle Eastern foreign policy issues. As a freelance journalist, Mr. Hashemi has authored hundreds of pieces in Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, and English. He has written for The National Interest, The Hill, The Washington Examiner, The JNS, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, Israel Hayom, BBC-Persian Service, Al Arabiya, Iran International, and The Independent Persian, among other media outlets. He has also appeared as a commentator on the BBC Persian, Radio Farda (Radio Free Europe), VOA Farsi, Iran International, Bengu Turk TV (Turkey), Indus TV (Pakistan), and Al Arabiya TV (Saudi Arabia), among other outlets. Before joining Hudson, Mr. Hashemi worked for Chicago-based Gunaz TV as a political commentator, multimedia journalist, and producer.