John Edwin Mroz

John Mroz "is President and Founder of the EastWest Institute, a fiercely independent international think and do tank. Established as a European-American initiative in the fall of 1980, Mroz built EWI into one of the world’s pre-eminent non-governmental change agent institutions. EWI operates centers in Moscow, Brussels, Prague and New York and leadership programs in Istanbul and the UK. Mroz has served as an advisor to more than twenty governments including the US, Germany, Poland and Russia as well as the Commission of the European Union, NATO, the Council of Europe and the G-8. He has received numerous international awards including Germany's highest award to a noncitizen in recognition of the role he and his Institute played in facilitating German reunification. Mroz is the author of a landmark book on the Arab-Israeli conflict, Beyond Security: Private Perceptions Among Arabs and Israelis. Mroz is an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has appeared frequently on BBC, CNN, ABC and other news programs."

Affiliations

 * Advisor, Cordoba Initiative
 * Honorary Chair, World Justice Project
 * Honorary Board of Advisors, One Voice