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About Washington Analytica
Washington Analytica (WA) is a Washington, D.C. advisory firm built on two simple ideas: first, navigating American government and its institutions is a learnable skill; and second, understanding the Middle East requires disciplined, on-the-ground analysis rather than headlines.
Our team combines American professionals and regional specialists who deliver practical knowledge and clear-eyed assessments to corporations, governments, media outlets, and institutional investors.
We work at the intersection of two audiences: professionals who need to understand how decisions are made inside Washington, and organizations that need to understand how decisions made inside the Beltway will affect the Middle East, and vice versa.
Our Founder
Mohamed Elmenshawy
Founder and Executive Director, Washington Analytica
Mohamed Elmenshawy is a veteran journalist and political analyst who leads Washington Analytica from his office in Washington, D.C. He has closely followed U.S. domestic and foreign affairs since 2001.
Credentialed by the White House, the State Department, and Congress, he is a member of the White House Correspondents’ Association and a founding member of the White House Foreign Correspondents’ Association. He has covered U.S. policy under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump’s first administration, Joe Biden, and Donald Trump’s second administration.
His reporting and analysis draw on participation in events at the Department of Defense, the State Department, and the White House; interviews with prominent American figures; and visits to Guantanamo Bay and several U.S. military bases. He is also one of the few Arabs to have delivered official testimony before congressional committees.
Elmenshawy has worked at prominent Washington think tanks, including the Middle East Institute, the Center for Defense Information, and the World Security Institute. His work has appeared in major American publications and news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, CNN, and HuffPost.
He spent four years as a researcher at the Middle East Institute after serving as editor-in-chief of The Washington Report. He has also authored numerous research papers and reports on American politics for leading Arab and American think tanks. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Cairo University, a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Akron in Ohio, and a Master of Business Administration from American University in Washington, D.C.
He is the author of America and the Egyptian Revolution: A Testimony from Washington (2014) and Trump First: How the President Is Changing America and the World (2020).
Understanding Washington. Anticipating the Middle East.
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