John Calabrese is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute (MEI) and book review editor for The Middle East Journal. His work focuses on the international relations of the Middle East, with a particular emphasis on cross-regional ties between the Middle East and Asia. He also teaches US foreign policy at American University.

Dr. Calabrese is the author of China’s Changing Relations with the Middle East (Printer Publishers, 1991) and Revolutionary Horizons: Regional Foreign Policy in Post-Khomeini Iran (Palgrave Macmillan, 1994). He has edited several books and written numerous articles on Middle Eastern international relations.

He holds a PhD in International Relations and a Diploma (with Distinction) in Comparative and International Politics from the London School of Economics, and a BA in English and Government from Georgetown University.