Makovsky has worked extensively on U.S.-Israel defense ties, U.S. policy toward Iran, Syria, Iraq, Gaza, the Persian Gulf, the role of energy in U.S. national security policy, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

Previously, Makovsky served as Foreign Policy Director for the Bipartisan Policy Center, special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and an energy market analyst for various investment firms.

Makovsky has written articles, op-eds and editorials for various publications on U.S. national security issues primarily involving the Middle East as well as energy markets.

He is also author of Churchill’s Promised Land (Yale University Press), a diplomatic-intellectual history of Winston Churchill’s complex relationship with Zionism.

Makovsky has a Ph.D. in diplomatic history from Harvard University, an MBA in finance from Columbia Business School, and a B.A. in history from the University of Chicago.

Testimony

Testimony for Hearing, “Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran”
House Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 9, 2015

Testimony for Hearing, “Shifting Sands: Political Transitions in the Middle East”
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, April 13, 2011

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John served in senior foreign policy positions for both Democratic and Republican administrations, including as former Vice President Dick Cheney’s National Security Advisor from 2005-2009 and as Vice President Cheney’s Deputy National Security Advisor for the Middle East from 2001-2005. Previously, he also served as a senior advisor to Secretary of State Warren Christopher during the Bill Clinton administration, and as a senior member of Secretary of State James A. Baker’s Policy Planning Staff during the presidency of George H.W. Bush. Outside of government, John was Senior Counselor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and a lawyer practicing in the area of international dispute resolution. Hannah received his B.A. from Duke University, his J.D. from the Yale Law School, and did graduate work in international relations at Stanford University.

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A widely published author and commentator, his strategic analysis has appeared in The Free Press, Commentary, Tablet, and the Athens Review of Books. Formerly an assistant professor at the Defense Language Institute, he is a recipient of the 2022 Per Ahlmark Award from UN Watch and the 2024 German Mercator Fellowship.

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She formerly worked as a Research Assistant at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, focusing on Arab-Israel relations. Rena graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service with a degree in International Politics in May 2024.

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Jonah holds an M.A. in International Security from Sciences Po Paris, a B.A. in History from the University of Tennessee at Martin, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Comparative Politics from Sciences Po Toulouse. He previously worked at the National Democratic Institute on the West and Central Africa portfolio and has interned at the Hudson Institute, the European Army Interoperability Centre, and the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism.

His writings have appeared in The Hill, RealClearDefense, The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, and Modern Diplomacy.

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Yoni holds a B.A. in International Relations, with honors, from Boston University and an M.A. in International Security Policy from Columbia University. He previously worked at the Center for Naval Analyses, and has interned at the Brookings Institution, The Dershowitz Group, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and S&P Global.

His writing on defense issues has been published widely, including in Breaking Defense, Defense News, The Defense Post, Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, RealClearDefense, the Washington Examiner, and The Washington Times. In addition, his work has been cited by Fox News and The New York Times.

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Most recently, Blaise was a Fellow at the Hudson Institute. Prior to that, he served as the Executive Director of the Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States, a congressionally mandated project convened by the U.S. Institute of Peace, and Director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Security Program. He has testified before Congress and published widely—including op-eds in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, and Roll Call.

Blaise holds an M.Phil. in political science from Yale and an A.B. with honors from the University of Chicago.

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