Think Tanks & NGOs

International Institute for Strategic Studies – member.
Institute of World Affairs – Senior Associate and director of its Media & Conflict Program.
Center for American Progress – Debated on the situation in Western Sahara
Middle East Institute – Debated on the Iraq War and the Media War
The Potomac Institute – Frequent guest speaker on terrorism
RAND CORPORATION – Invited to participate in drafting a paper on the Middle East
CATO Institution – Wrote a policy paper on Syria and lectured on Islam and terrorism.
Hudson Institute – Guest speaker on Iran, Islam and the Mideast.
King Abdullah II Foundation – Regular participant in the yearly Nobel Laureates Peace Conference in Petra, Jordan
King Abdullah II Foundation – Yearly participant in the Dead Sea World Economic Conference
Aspen Institution – Participated in a round-table meeting on building a comprehensive regional peace for Lebanon.

NGOs

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, (OSCE) – Asked to prepare and present a 15-day course to Kosovar journalists on conflict avoidance, for three years running. Last year included a course for policemen on how to deal with the media.

Search for Common Ground – Asked to prepare and teach a six-day course on journalistic ethics to Palestinian journalists in the West Bank and Gaza.

Iraqi Institute for Strategic Studies – Asked to teach a five-day course in Beirut to a group of 36 Iraqi journalists.

Reporters Without Borders – Member of the advisory board