- Lane-Swig Senior Fellow and Managing Director at the Washington Institute
- Senior Director for the Near East and North Africa at the US National Security Council from 2005-2008
- Co-chair of Mitt Romney’s 2012 State Department transition team
- Diplomatic advisor to the Romney presidential campaign in 2012
- Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice from 2004-2005
- Lane-Swig Senior Fellow and Managing Director at the Washington Institute
- Senior Director for the Near East and North Africa at the US National Security Council from 2005-2008
- Co-chair of Mitt Romney’s 2012 State Department transition team
- Diplomatic advisor to the Romney presidential campaign in 2012
- Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice from 2004-2005
Michael SINGH is the Lane-Swig Senior Fellow and Managing Director at The Washington Institute and a former Senior Director for Middle East affairs at the National Security Council.
During his tenure at the White House from 2005 to 2008, Singh was responsible for devising and coordinating U.S. national security policy toward the region stretching from Morocco to Iran, with a particular emphasis on Iran’s nuclear and regional activities, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Syria, and security cooperation in the broader Middle East. Previously, Singh served as Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell and at the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv.
Singh served as a Middle East advisor to the Romney presidential campaign from 2011-2012, and co-chaired Romney’s State Department transition team in 2012. He served as an Adjunct Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Security at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and as an Economics Instructor at Harvard College. Singh serves on the advisory boards of United Against Nuclear Iran and the Harvard International Review, and is a former term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Singh has written extensively on the Middle East, broader US national security strategy, and the organization and management of the US national security apparatus. His writings have appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, International Security, and elsewhere, and he has appeared as a commentator on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and other outlets.
Singh was Senior Director for Middle East Affairs at the White House from 2007-2008, and a Director on the NSC staff from 2005-2007. Earlier, he served as Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Powell and Rice, and at the US Embassy in Tel Aviv. He co-chaired Mitt Romney’s State Department transition team in 2012, and served as Middle East advisor to the Romney campaign. Singh has been an Adjunct Fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and an Economics Instructor at Harvard College.
His writings have appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, International Security, and elsewhere, and he has appeared as a commentator on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and other outlets. Singh earned his Bachelor’s degree in Economics summa cum laude from Princeton University and an MBA with high distinction (Baker Scholar) from Harvard Business School.
