GORDON ROBISON
Gordon Robison’s career as a journalist specializing in both American politics and Middle East affairs stretches back more than twenty years. He is currently a columnist for Gulf News, a daily newspaper published in Dubai, and a Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Vermont.
Mr. Robison has served as Baghdad Bureau Chief for the Fox News Channel, worked as a correspondent and field producer reporting from Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq for CNN and taught the history and culture of Islam at Emerson College. Prior to the Iraq War he worked as a newsroom supervisor at CNN International’s headquarters in Atlanta. He is a recipient of a Certificate of Recognition from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his role in CNN's coverage of the events of September 11, 2001.
In 2004-2005 he was a Senior Fellow at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Director of the Middle East Media Project at USC’s Center for Public Diplomacy.
Mr. Robison’s frequent work as a commentator on Middle Eastern affairs has included appearances on the BBC World Service's "The World Today", "The Big Story with John Gibson" on Fox News, “The Mark Johnson Show” and as a featured speaker at Middlebury College’s Rohatyn Center for International Affairs, the Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations at Pomona College, the University of Vermont, Emerson College, the University of South Carolina and at the Vermont Council on World Affairs.
Mr. Robison has lived in Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the Miami Herald, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Washington Times, The Irish Times, The Sunday Times (London) and US News & World Report, as well as on ABC Radio News and the English Service of Radio France Internationale. He is the author of Lonely Planet’s Arab Gulf States guidebook, and a contributor to numerous other Lonely Planet titles on the Middle East and the United States.
Mr. Robison holds a Masters degree from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a BA from Pomona College.