Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Democracy Terrorism

At A Glance:

Lee Smith is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute.

Biography

Lee Smith was a senior fellow at Hudson Institute.

Smith is the media columnist for Tablet Magazine and contributes regularly to a wide range of publications—the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, Real Clear Investigations and the Federalist. He is a frequent guest on radio and television, including Fox News, CNN, France 24, Al Hurra, and National Public Radio.

His book on Arab societies, The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations, was published by Doubleday in 2010. Smith's most recent book book, The Consequences of Syria, was published in 2014.

Smith has a B.A. from George Washington University. He received the Sage Graduate School Fellowship at Cornell University, and studied Arabic at the American University in Cairo and Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut.

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June 2019
Past Event
Is America Experiencing Europe's Growing Anti-Semitism?
Featured Speakers:
Ken Weinstein
John McLaughlin
Mitchell D. Silber
Marc Weitzmann
Simone Rodan-Benzaquen
Nina Shea
Lee Smith
Hon. Elan S. Carr
04
June 2019
Past Event
Is America Experiencing Europe's Growing Anti-Semitism?

Experts discuss anti-semitism in the U.S.

Featured Speakers:
Ken Weinstein
John McLaughlin
Mitchell D. Silber
Marc Weitzmann
Simone Rodan-Benzaquen
Nina Shea
Lee Smith
Hon. Elan S. Carr
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31
May 2019
Past Event
Maximum Pressure: Inevitable Conflict with Iran or a Calmer Middle East?
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Rebeccah Heinrichs
Lee Smith
Jay Solomon
Ray Takeyh
31
May 2019
Past Event
Maximum Pressure: Inevitable Conflict with Iran or a Calmer Middle East?

Experts discuss U.S.-Iran tensions

Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Rebeccah Heinrichs
Lee Smith
Jay Solomon
Ray Takeyh
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22
May 2019
Past Event
Under Pressure: The Trajectory of U.S.-Turkish Relations
Featured Speakers:
Svante Cornell
Alan Makovsky
Lisel Hintz
Blaise Misztal
Lee Smith
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) listens to Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (L) during the G20 Summit's Plenary Meeting on November 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
22
May 2019
Past Event
Under Pressure: The Trajectory of U.S.-Turkish Relations

Experts discuss Turkey and U.S.-Turkish relations

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) listens to Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (L) during the G20 Summit's Plenary Meeting on November 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Featured Speakers:
Svante Cornell
Alan Makovsky
Lisel Hintz
Blaise Misztal
Lee Smith
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18
April 2019
Past Event
Crisis in Yemen: A Strategic Threat to U.S. Interests and Allies?
Featured Speakers:
Fatima Abo Alasrar
Michael Doran
Bernard Haykel
Lee Smith
Houthi female loyalists rally to mark the fourth anniversary of the war on March 26, 2019 in Sana'a, Yemen.
18
April 2019
Past Event
Crisis in Yemen: A Strategic Threat to U.S. Interests and Allies?

Experts discuss Yemen

Houthi female loyalists rally to mark the fourth anniversary of the war on March 26, 2019 in Sana'a, Yemen.
Featured Speakers:
Fatima Abo Alasrar
Michael Doran
Bernard Haykel
Lee Smith
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L),Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller (2nd L) and former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (3rd L) at the gas compressor station 'Portovaya' outside Vyborg, September 6, 2011. (ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L),Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller (2nd L) and former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (3rd L) at the gas compressor station 'Portovaya' outside Vyborg, September 6, 2011. (ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
What Game Is Russia Playing?
Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Lee Smith
Commentary
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