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Prof. Paul J. Sullivan Ph.D.


Self Description

February 2012: "Dr. Paul Sullivan has been a professor of economics at the National Defense University (NDU) since July 1999. He is an Adjunct Professor of Security Studies and Science, Technology and International Affairs at Georgetown University, where he teaches classes on global energy and security, energy security in the Middle East, and natural resources and conflict in Africa and the Middle East. Dr. Sullivan was the Vice President, Programs, for the United Nations Association, National Capitol Area, where he was a strategic leader and adviser for the many programs and committees run by UNA-NCA during June 2010 to June 2011. He was an adviser to the Sudan project at the United States Institute of Peace for March 2009-July 2010.

He was Senior Fellow at the East West Institute (EWI) during 2007. Dr. Sullivan has also been involved in the energy work at the UNCTAD with a focus on Africa. He has advised senior US officials on many issues at a high level. He is regularly invited to very high level conferences, such as the Global Creative Leadership Summit and energy and environment conferences in the EU, China and more. For six years before his time at NDU, Dr. Sullivan was at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, where he taught classes and did research on the economics, economic history, and political economy of the Middle East. He was also a columnist for the Middle East Times and on the editorial board of the Cairo Papers in Social Science while in Cairo.

Before he moved to Egypt, Dr. Sullivan was a consultant to major law firms and others on energy, environment and due diligence issues, and an international energy economist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He was a visiting scholar at Cambridge twice...

He obtained his BA, Summa Cum Laude, from Brandeis University and has Ph.D. (with highest honors), M.Phil and MA from Yale University. He also is a graduate of the Seminar XXI program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr Sullivan lived for 6 years in Egypt, has been involved with the region for close to 20 years, and has traveled extensively within it. He also has work experience (either leading delegations or doing research) in South Asia, the EU, Turkey, the GCC, North Africa and the Levant, Tanzania, Kenya, Norway, and Australia.

He is an internationally recognized expert on energy security, energy markets, international security issues related to resources (energy, water, land, and non-energy minerals), international economic development (or lack of it), and Middle East and North African economic, political and military issues and more. He is also an expert on US-Canadian energy relations, the US economy, and US energy security. He is also a sought after expert on strategic thinking on a wide variety of economic, political, and technical issues. He is known for his discretion and effectiveness as a member of Track II meetings and other high-level efforts.

http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/pjs57/?PageTemplateID=199

Third-Party Descriptions

February 2012: "But Paul J. Sullivan, a Middle East expert at Georgetown University who has long studied the Egyptian military, cautioned against interpreting the criminal charges as a result merely of high-level machinations. He said Egyptians of all affiliations are wary of undue influence from the United States, which they view as having propped up the Mubarak regime for many years."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/world/middleeast/in-egypt-a-history-of-distrust-of-us-aided-groups.html

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) American University in Cairo (AUC) Organization Feb 7, 2012
Student/Trainee (past or present) Brandeis University Organization Feb 7, 2012
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) EastWest Institute (EWI) Organization Feb 7, 2012
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Georgetown University Organization Feb 7, 2012
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) National Defense University (NDU) Organization Feb 7, 2012
Student/Trainee (past or present) Yale University Organization Feb 7, 2012

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
Feb 06, 2012 Charges Against U.S.-Aided Groups Come With History of Distrust in Egypt

QUOTE: Egyptian state media announced charges against four such nonprofit organizations that are based in Washington and that receive some United States government support. The charges include operating without licenses, “conducting research to send to the United States” and supporting Egyptian candidates and parties “to serve foreign interests.”

 New York Times