Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka

Christopher Herbert is an analyst of foreign affairs with specific expertise in US foreign policy, the Middle East and Asia. He has worked for the Denver Research Group, written for the Washington Post's PostGlobal and Global Power Barometer and has served on a project for the the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. He has degrees from Yale University and Harvard University in Middle Eastern history and politics and speaks English, French, Arabic and Italian. He welcomes any comments and suggestions for his foreign policy blog Simple Intelligence and can be reached at chris@simpleintelligence.org.

Victoria Kataoka is a foreign affairs analyst with specific expertise in US foreign policy, the Middle East and Asia. She has worked for the Denver Research Group written for the Washington Post’s PostGlobal and Global Power Barometer and recently served as a subject matter expert for a project of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Previously, she worked as a consultant on international development for both UNESCO and the private sector. She holds a degree from Georgetown University and speaks English, French and some Arabic. She welcomes any comments and suggestions for her foreign policy blog Simple Intelligence and can be reached at victoria@simpleintelligence.org.