Walid Phares

Dr. Walid Phares, Ph.D. in international relations, was a foreign policy advisor to US presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2016 and a national security advisor to US presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2012. He was a Middle East and Terrorism analyst at Fox News from 2007–2022 and is presently a national security and foreign policy analyst with Newsmax. He often appears on other American and international media. Phares has advised members of the US Congress and the European Parliament and has been co-secretary general of the Transatlantic Parliamentary Group since 2008.Phares is the author of fifteen books in English, French, and Arabic, including one on the Foreign Policy bestseller list, Future Jihad, the prescient The Coming Revolution, and The Lost Spring. He briefs national security and intelligence agencies, advises NGOs and INGOs, and has taught at various universities. He has served as a defense lawyer, translator, journalist, and expert witness in political asylum cases since 1981.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Walid Phares immigrated to the United States in 1990 and lived in Miami and Washington, D.C.