Isobel Coleman

Who is Isobel Coleman?

Isobel Coleman is senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and director of CFR’s Civil Society, Markets and Democracy Initiative. She is also director of CFR's Women and Foreign Policy program. Her areas of expertise include democratization and economic development in the Middle East, educational reform and regional gender issues.

She is the author and co-author of numerous publications, including Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women are Transforming the Middle East, Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President and Strategic Foreign Assistance: Civil Society in International Security. Her writings have also appeared in publications such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, and online venues such as the Huffington Post.