Dr. Ethan Chorin

Ethan Chorin is a former US diplomat, Middle East analyst, and author with more than 25 years working on Red Sea issues. He coordinated the Red Sea's first multi-state ministerial climate summit in 2015 and managed content for Dubai's first Counter-Piracy Conference in 2011. Chorin has taught at Yale University and held senior fellowships at SOAS, CSIS, the Dubai School of Government, Yale School of Management, and École Polytechnique. A two-time Fulbright Fellow, he is the author of four books on the region, including Benghazi: A New History (Hachette), Exit the Colonel, and a forthcoming modern history of the Red Sea (Harvard University Press). He has been a regular contributor to The New York Times, the Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and Forbes. He writes The Middle East—Told Slant on Substack: 
‍https://ethanchorin.substack.com
‍Chorin holds a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from UC Berkeley, an MIPS from Stanford University, and a BA in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures from Yale University. He speaks French, Arabic, and Farsi.