Vali Nasr is dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and the bestselling author of The Shia Revival and Forces of Fortune. From 2009 to 2011, he served as senior adviser to special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. He is a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a contributor to Bloomberg View. He lives in Washington, DC.
