
Caption
US President Donald Trump reacts after signing executive orders imposing tariffs on imported goods in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Shadi Hamid is senior fellow, Project on US Relations with the Islamic World, Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution
Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Middle East Policy and assistant research professor of Islamic studies at Fuller Seminary. He is the author most recently of The Problem of Democracy: America, the Middle East, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea.