Ahmad K. Majidyar is a senior fellow and director of programs at the Middle East Institute, specializing in Iran, Afghanistan, and sectarian politics. He previously served as a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he contributed articles, including one published on June 11, 2014, and co-authored influential reports on Middle Eastern geopolitics. Notable collaborations include 'Iranian Influence in the Levant, Egypt, Iraq, and Afghanistan' with Frederick W. Kagan, Danielle Pletka, and Marisa Cochrane Sullivan, examining Tehran's regional expansion, and 'The Shi'ites of the Middle East: An Iranian Fifth Column?' with Michael Rubin, analyzing Shi'ite communities across Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Azerbaijan, and Pakistan, while arguing against U.S. intervention in Sunni-Shi'ite conflicts. Majidyar maintains an active presence on Twitter under the handle @majidyar, sharing commentary on Iranian proxy networks, sectarian dynamics, and instability in Afghanistan and surrounding regions, often building on his work with prominent neoconservative thinkers.