Emily Whalen is a writer and historian.

Her work focuses on a wide range of subjects, including the history of U.S. foreign policy, 20th century Middle East politics and culture, and the evolution of the state as a political and philosophical entity.

Dr. Whalen earned her PhD in History at the University of Texas - Austin in 2020. Currently, she is a Non-Resident Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Smart Women, Smart Power Program. Emily has held fellowships at the Clements Center for National Security, Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and Yale University’s International Security Studies Program. She was also an affiliated scholar at the American University of Beirut's Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies.

Previously, Emily worked as a historical consultant for the EastWest Institute, an international, non-governmental think-tank specializing in Track-II diplomacy, and as a coder for the Armed Conflict Location and Event Database, covering political violence in Pakistan. Her writing appears in several online publications, including the Oxford Research Encyclopedia, Foreign Policy, Task and Purpose, Lawfare, H-Diplo, and The New Rambler Review.

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