Dr. Sami Nader is an economist, and Middle Eastern affairs expert. He has more than 25 years of combined experience in the field of security, developmental economics, public finance management, energy, and public policy programs. Nader currently directs the Institute of Political Science at Saint Joseph University in Beirut. He is also the founder of the Levant Institute for Strategic Affairs, a think tank focusing on economic and political reform, as well as geopolitics of the Levant. Nader has been consulting for the governments of Lebanon, Iraq, national and international agencies such as World Bank, ILO, UNDP, USAID. He appears regularly as an analyst and commentator on all major international and Arab TV networks.