Edward Fishman
International relations scholar and author
Edward Fishman is an American scholar and former diplomat who worked on sanctions policy in the US government. He wrote Chokepoints.
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Born in Bryn Mawr, United States
About Edward Fishman
Edward Fishman is an American author and international relations scholar, and a former diplomat. He teaches at Columbia University and has led the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomics at the Council on Foreign Relations. Fishman worked at the US State Department, including on the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff and the Iran sanctions team. He was also the first Russia and Europe lead in the Office of Economic Sanctions Policy and Implementation. He has held roles at the Pentagon and the Treasury Department as well. He has been an editor at Foreign Affairs, and his articles have appeared in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He is the author of Chokepoints.