The Middle East Institute is pleased to announce that Wayne White has joined MEI’s Public Policy Center as an Adjunct Scholar. Drawing on years of experience in the US State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Wayne White brings a breadth of knowledge and understanding that will enhance MEI expert resources on the region.

“Wayne White can provide timely insights into the most pressing challenges facing Iraq and its neighbors as they push forward along the path of development and reform,” said MEI Vice President David L. Mack.

White most recently served as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research Office of Analysis for the Near East and South Asia. White also served as principal Iraq analyst and head of INR/NESA’s Iraq team from 2003 to 2005. He was Chief of INR’s Maghreb, Arabian Penninsula, Iran and Iraq division and State Department representative to NATO Middle East working groups from 1990 to 2002.

Mr. White served as Political Officer at the US interest section in Baghdad in 1983.

From 1978-1979, Mr. White served as a US Sinai Field Mission peacekeeper. White joined INR/NESA in 1979 as editor of INR’s Arab-Israeli Situation Report, and as an analyst for Iraq. He then served as Senior Analyst for Syria and head of NESA’s Lebanon Crisis Team.

White has traveled extensively in West Africa, North Africa, the Levant, Iraq and the Gulf. He has received the State Department’s Superior Honor Award five times, INR Analyst of the Year, and National Intelligence Medal for Outstanding Achievement and the Secretary’s Career Achievement Award.

A Philadelphia native, White has a BA and an MA in Middle East history from Penn State University.