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Edward Walker received his B.A. from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York in 1963 and his M.A. from Boston University in 1965. In 1985, he attended the Royal College Of Defense Studies in London. In 1962, Walker enlisted in the U.S. Army and served 3 years in Heidelberg , Germany .

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Ambassador Edward S. Walker, Jr. is an Adjunct Scholar at the Middle East Institute ’s public policy center. Ambassador Walker served as MEI ’s President and CEO for over five years, from 2001 until August 2006.

Walker’s diplomatic career:
  • Assistant Secretary Of State for Near Eastern Affairs (2000-2001)

  • US Ambassador to Israel (1997-1999)

  • US Ambassador to the Arab Republic Of Egypt (1994-1997)

  • Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations with Ambassadorial Rank (1993-1994)

  • US Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (1989-1992). Through the period of the Gulf War .

  • Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy, Riyadh , Saudi Arabia

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (1988-).

  • Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State (1982-1984)

  • Special Assistant to the President's Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Negotiations (1979-1981)

  • Entered Foreign Service in 1967.


In the course of his career, Walker worked with every Israeli Prime Minister since and President Hosni Mubarak on a major initiative to reform the Egyptian economy. Walker also worked with US and Egyptian intelligence officials to counter the terrorist threat facing that country.

Walker previously worked with Colin Powell in the new Bush Administration as assistant secretary of state for Near-Eastern affairs, a position he had previously held under Madeleine Albright during the second Clinton administration. During that time he helped initiate and negotiate U.S. policy toward Iraq and engaged in recalibrating U.S. policies toward Iran and the Middle East peace process.

Currently Edward S. Walker, Jr. holds the Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professorship in Global Political Theory at 2006 .


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