Aaron David Miller

Aaron David Miller is currently a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on American diplomacy and US foreign policy. He is also a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center. Miller has authored five books, including "The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President" and "The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace." He holds a PhD in Middle East and US diplomatic history from the University of Michigan, obtained in 1977.

From 1978 to 2003, Miller served various roles at the State Department, including as an historian, analyst, negotiator, and advisor to Republican and Democratic Secretaries of State, where he contributed to shaping US policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israeli peace process. His last position there was as the senior advisor for Arab-Israeli negotiations. He also held positions such as deputy special Middle East coordinator for Arab-Israeli negotiations, senior member of the State Department’s policy planning staff, in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and in the office of the historian. Over his career at the State Department, he received several accolades, including the department’s Distinguished, Superior, and Meritorious Honor Awards.

Miller is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has held the position of resident scholar at the Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies. He served as president of Seeds of Peace from 2003 to 2006, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of young leaders from regions of conflict. From 2006 to 2019, he was affiliated with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars where he served as a public policy scholar, Vice-President for New Initiatives, and Director of the Middle East Program.

Currently, Miller is a global affairs analyst for CNN and has been recognized as a leading authority on the Middle East, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and US foreign policy. His written work has been featured in significant publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, Foreign Policy, and USA Today. He is a frequent commentator on platforms such as NPR, BBC, and Sirius XM radio.