Robert Malley
| Robert Malley | |
|---|---|
| Special Assistant for Arab-Israeli Affairs, "point man" on the Middle East | |
| President | Bill Clinton, Barack Obama |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Caroline Brown |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
Yale University Oxford University Harvard Law School |
| Profession | diplomat, political scientist, advisor to US President |
| Website | ICG Middle East and North Africa Program |
Robert Malley (born 1963) is an American lawyer, political scientist and specialist in conflict resolution. He is currently the Vice President for Policy at the International Crisis Group in Washington, DC. Prior to holding that title, he served at the National Security Council under Barack Obama from February 2014 until January 2017. Prior to holding that title, he was Program Director for Middle East and North Africa at the International Crisis Group and Assistant to National Security Advisor Sandy Berger (1996–1998) and the Director for Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the National Security Council (1994–1996). Malley is considered an expert on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and has written extensively on this subject. As Special Assistant to President Clinton, he was a member of the U.S. peace team and helped organize the 2000 Camp David Summit. In 2015, the Obama administration appointed Rob Malley as its "point man" on the Middle East, leading the Middle East desk of the National Security Council. In November 2015, Malley was named as President Obama's new special ISIS advisor.
Robert Malley was born in 1963 to Barbara (née Silverstein) Malley, a New Yorker who worked for the United Nations delegation of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FNL), and her husband, Simon Malley (1923–2006), an Egyptian-born Jewish journalist who grew up in Egypt and worked as a foreign correspondent for Al Gomhuria. The elder Malley spent time in New York, writing about international affairs, particularly about nationalist, anti-imperial movements in Africa, and made a key contribution by putting the FNL on the world map.
In 1969, the elder Malley moved his family—including son Robert—to France, where he founded the magazine Africasia (later known as Afrique Asia).
The Malleys remained in France until 1980, when then French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing briefly expelled Simon Malley from the country to New York.
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