Khaled Elgindy is a senior research fellow in the Middle East program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and adjunct instructor at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. He is the author of Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, from Balfour to Trump (Brookings Institution Press, 2019). Elgindy previously held positions at the Middle East Institute (2020-25) and the Brookings Institution (2010-18). From 2004 to 2009, he served as an adviser to the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah on permanent status negotiations with Israel, and was a key participant in the Annapolis negotiations of 2007-08.

Elgindy has held a number of political and policy-related positions in Washington, D.C., both inside and outside of government, including the U.S. House of Representatives International Relations Committee (2002), the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (2000-02), the Arab American Institute (1998-2000), and the National Democratic Institute (1995-97).

Khaled’s writings have appeared in various publications, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Hill, CNN.com, Newsweek, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The National Interest, The Washington Quarterly and others.

Khaled holds an MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown University (1994) and BA in Political Science from Indiana University (1991).