Calvin Wilder was a Senior Analyst for the Special Initiatives portfolio at the New Lines Institute where he led the Nonstate Actor Accountability project. Prior to joining the institute, Calvin was a Research Assistant at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Program on Arab Politics, where his research focused on economic and humanitarian issues in territories held by non-state actors in Syria. He previously worked as a Research Assistant on the Chicago Project for Security and Threats’ Arabic Propaganda Analysis Team, translating and analyzing Arabic-language propaganda produced by ISIS, al Qaeda, and other extremist groups. He was a Boren Scholar in Amman, Jordan, from 2019-2020, working as a research and translation intern at Syria Direct, where he assisted with the outlet’s award-winning coverage of humanitarian and human rights issues in Syria.
Calvin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Chicago. He tweets at @CalvinWilder.
Mounting incidents risk sparking a much wider crisis.
Calvin Wilder and Carolyn Moorman explore the regional ramifications of the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
Calvin Wilder and Aram Shabanian explore the late August's clashes between the SDF and Arab tribes in Eastern Syria
Calvin Wilder was a Senior Analyst for the Special Initiatives portfolio at the New Lines Institute where he led the
