Thomas W. Lippman is a journalist and author, specializing in the Middle East and Saudi ArabiaâÂÂUnited States relations.
Lippman attended Regis High School in Manhattan and earned his Bachelor of Arts from Columbia as a French major in 1961. Lippman spent more than 30 years with The Washington Post as a writer, editor and diplomatic correspondent, also serving as the Middle East bureau chief for the Post. Lippman currently serves as an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute.