Alison Pargeter is a freelance North Africa and Middle East expert with a particular focus on Libya, Tunisia, Iraq (including the Kurdish region), and Egypt, as well as on political Islamist movements, including the Muslim Brotherhood. A senior Research Associate at RUSI (Royal United Services Institute, Ms. Pargeter has also held a range of academic posts including at the University of Cambridge and Kings College, London. She is regularly called upon to brief policymakers in the UK and internationally, and has addressed a wide range of international audiences, including the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the International Atomic Energy Agency and various foreign ministries. She has given expert evidence to the UK Foreign Affairs Select Committee and has acted as an expert witness in cases in the UK courts.