Andrew Tabler is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where he focuses on Syria, the Levant and US Middle East policy. He has served as director for Syria at the National Security Council’s Middle East Affairs Directorate (2019) and senior adviser to the special envoy for Syria engagement at the US State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (2020–2021). His ICWA fellowship (Lebanon and Syria, 2005–2007) focused on regional affairs and reform efforts. Before his fellowship, Andrew cofounded Syria Today, the country’s first private-sector English-language magazine, and worked as an editor for The Middle East Times and The Cairo Times. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, Newsweek, Foreign Policy and Foreign Affairs. He has appeared on CNN, NBC, CBS and many other outlets. He is the author of In the Lion’s Den: An Eyewitness Account of Washington’s Battle with Syria. Andrew received a master’s degree in comparative politics from American University in Cairo and a bachelor’s degree from Washington & Jefferson College.