Emily Milliken

Junior Fellow

Areas Of Expertise

  • Iran International Relations
  • Middle East Politics and Security
  • Terrorism and Radical Islam

Emily Milliken joined AFPC as a Junior Fellow in January 2021. A former AFPC research intern, Emily also serves as Middle East Director at Askari Associates, LLC, where using open-source analysis she produces a daily intelligence report for a defense clientele. She is proficient in Arabic and has conducted research on the Middle East, the Sahel, Turkish foreign policy, and Islamic extremism. 

Emily is second-year MA student at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) concentrating in Middle East Studies and focusing on Islamic extremism in the region. Prior to SAIS, Emily graduated from Notre Dame of Maryland University with a BA in Political Science and studied abroad at the University of Jordan in Amman.