Sanam Vakil

Sanam Vakil     ( academic,  journalist)
Born	Tehran,  Iran
Nationality	US
Alma mater	•  Columbia University •  SAIS
Member of	Chatham House
Interests	Middle East
Chatham House, single Bilderberg  Director of Middle East and North Africa Programme In office March 2023 - Present Employer Chatham House Attended Bilderberg/2008  Lecturer In office September 2008 - Present Employer SAIS Bologna Attended Bilderberg/2008  Research fellow In office 2004 - 2006 Employer Council on Foreign Relations On the Iran Project  Consultant In office 2002 - 2003 Employer World Bank Middle East and North Africa Division

Dr Sanam Vakil is an Iranian born academic. She became director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House in March 2023.

Career

Sanam Vakil is an Adjunct Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Bologna, Italy. She also taught as an assistant professor at SAIS in Washington, D.C., was a researcher at the Council on Foreign Relations and a consultant to the World Bank. Born in Tehran, Iran, Vakil has published commentaries in many papers, including the Financial Times, the UK Independent and the Washington Quarterly. She has consulted on Middle Eastern affairs for BBC, CNN, NPR and ABC.

Publications

• Through the Looking Glass: An Analysis of U.S.-Iranian Relations

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2008	5 June 2008	8 June 2008	US Virginia Chantilly	The 56th Bilderberg, Chantilly, Virginia, 139 guests
Munich Security Conference/2026	13 February 2026	15 February 2026	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 2026 Munich Security Conference had as theme "Under destruction". The solution is - as always - more spending on weapons

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