Ishac Diwan is the Research Director of the Finance for Development Lab at the Paris School of Economics. He is also in charge of the Political Economy program of the Economic Research Forum, an association of Middle East social scientists.
Ishac teaches economics at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris. He has held in recent years teaching positions at Columbia University, School for International Public Affairs, and at the Harvard Kennedy School.
His current research interests focus on the political economy of the Middle East, as well as on development and its financing. His recent (co-authored) books include A Political Economy of the Middle East (Westview Press 2015); and Crony Capitalism in the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2019). He is published in a variety of journals.
