Jed Ipsen recently joined the State Department as a Franklin Fellow in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs where he handles issues involving economic development and terrorism.

Jed is currently the associate director of the Caux Round Table in Washington, DC. Previously, he served on the professional staff as a special advisor on terrorism with the U.S. Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee through a fellowship with the Brookings Institution. He also served as a research associate with the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy and International Institute for Strategic Studies.