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Elliott Abrams has served in various significant foreign policy roles across multiple U.S. presidential administrations, contributing to international relations and advocating for democracy and human rights.
Elliott Abrams is senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington, DC. He served as deputy assistant to the ...
Elliott Abrams is the chairman of the Tikvah Fund, as well as chairman of the Vandenberg Coalition and Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies.
Elliott Abrams is the Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela at the Department of State. He was senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council ...
Abrams has been sought out as a speaker by Housatonic Partners, countless Jewish Federations, and many secular organizations.
Elliott Abrams is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Formerly deputy national security adviser on Middle East ...
Elliott Abrams was a Special Representative for Iran in the United States with 76 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library.
Elliott Abrams is senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington, D.C. He served as deputy assistant to the ...
Mr. Abrams, who was advising Republicans just last spring to “keep your distance” from Mr. Trump, may become the State Department's No.
He teaches U.S. foreign policy at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
Mr. Abrams is currently a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, which directs the activities of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Elliott Abrams was born on January 24, 1948, in New York City. He pursued a robust academic path, earning a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College in 1969, a Master of Science in International Relations from the London School of Economics in 1970, and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1973. His early career included practicing law and serving on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in 1975, followed by staff positions for Senator Henry “Scoop” Jackson and Senator Daniel Moynihan through to 1979.
Abrams gained national recognition during the Reagan Administration, serving as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, and Inter-American Affairs. In the George W. Bush administration, he was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director on the National Security Council for Near East and North African Affairs, and later Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy. During the Trump administration, he served as the U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela and concurrently as U.S. Special Representative for Iran. He was appointed to the non-partisan U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy by President Joe Biden in 2023.
Throughout his career, Abrams has focused on foreign policy, Middle Eastern studies, democracy promotion, and human rights. He has authored and edited several books, covering government, political differences, and the influence of faith in American society.
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