Shibley Telhami is an American professor in the department of government and politics[1] at the University of Maryland, College Park,[2] and a nonresident senior fellow of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.

[3] Telhami was born into an Arab family in Israel but has lived his entire adult life in the United States.

Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy for the Arab and Muslim World, which was appointed by the Department of State at Congress's request, and he co-drafted the report of their findings, Changing Minds, Winning Peace.

He has also co-drafted several Council on Foreign Relations reports on U.S. public diplomacy, on the Arab-Israeli peace process, and on Persian Gulf security.

with Michael Barnett (2002);[17] The Sadat Lectures: Words and Images on Peace, 1997-2008,[18] and numerous articles on international politics and Middle Eastern affairs.