Dr. Philip H. Gordon is the Sydney Stein, Jr. Scholar at the Brookings Institution. He has previously served in numerous senior U.S. government positions, including Assistant to the President and National Security Adviser to the Vice President (2022-25); White House Coordinator for the Middle East (2013-15); Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (2009-13); and Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council (1998-99).
He has held research and teaching positions at the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and INSEAD. He is an Executive Partner at XN and a Senior Counselor at the Albright Stonebridge Group.
Gordon received his Ph.D. and MA from SAIS and his BA from Ohio University. He is the author of numerous books on international relations and foreign policy including, most recently, Losing the Long Game: The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East, named as a “book of the century” by Foreign Affairs and “book of the year” by the Financial Times and CNN. He publishes regularly in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Financial Times, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and Politico.