Mohammed A. Salih

@MohammedASalih

Non-Resident Senior Fellow - National Security Program

Mohammed A. Salih is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s National Security Program and a researcher and journalist based in Virginia, United States. He holds a Ph.D. from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.

For more than two decades, Salih has written extensively on Middle Eastern affairs for leading regional and international media outlets, think tanks, and academic journals. His work centers on Kurdish affairs, Iraq, Iran, Syria, the Islamic State group, and regional geopolitical struggles, as well as the broader intersection of media, culture, and politics.

His writings have appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Christian Science Monitor, The Nation, Al Jazeera English, Al-Monitor, AmwajMedia, The New Region, and in publications from the Atlantic Council, Wilson Center, Middle East Institute, Gulf International Forum, and the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Fikra Forum.

Salih has also appeared as a commentator on major international news outlets, including CNN, Fox News, Sky News, Al Jazeera English, The Independent, and Voice of America, offering insights on Middle East regional dynamics.