Andrew Hanna
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Full Biography
Andrew Hanna is a program specialist for Iran and North Africa at the U.S. Institute of Peace in the Middle East & North Africa Center. He writes for 鈥溾 website which provides objective analysis on Iran鈥檚 politics, economy, military, foreign policy and nuclear program. He also contributes to 鈥The Islamists鈥 website which surveys the rise of Islamist groups in the wake of the Arab uprisings.
Hanna previously worked as a journalist for Politico where he covered transatlantic security and U.S. labor politics. He was later a fellow at National Security Action and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. He has published a on the Astana talks on Syria between Russia, Turkey and Iran.
Hanna received an M.S. in Foreign Science from Georgetown University鈥檚 Walsh School of Foreign Service. He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 2016, where he wrote a thesis on Amazigh ethnic identity in Morocco. He is proficient in Arabic.
