Rachel Nelson

Rachel Nelson is a Middle East Analyst at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy. Her research has included modern Middle Eastern politics, U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, Palestinian history and politics, migration and refugees, and international human rights law. She was a copy editor for the Harvard Kennedy School Journal of Middle East Politics and Policy during her studies. Previously, Nelson co-authored a report concerning Israeli settlement activity in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for a Palestinian human rights organization in the West Bank. She also worked as an intern and intern coordinator for U.S. Representative Al Green (D-TX9).

Nelson holds a Master of Arts in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in Judaic Studies from George Washington University.