Peter Kiernan is a freelance writer on the international politics of energy, Middle East politics, and U.S. Middle East and energy policy. He has a Master's degree in International Political Economy and Development from Fordham University in New York and, following a stint as an energy journalist at Energy Intelligence, works as a Middle East and energy analyst at AALC, a business consulting firm in the Washington, D.C., area. In addition to World Politics Review, he has been published in several international affairs journals and newspapers based in the U.S., U.K., and Australia.