Jarrett Blanc is a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow and a Visiting Scholar at the United States Institute of Peace, where he is researching elections conducted during civil conflict. He has managed IFES technical assistance programs in the Palestinian Authority and Iraq, advising senior national and international policymakers on elections and political processes and then organizing politically and logistically challenging elections, including the January 2005 elections in Iraq. Blanc also has field experience in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Nepal, Georgia, Lebanon, and Guyana. He has been published and quoted in various print and broadcast media, including the New York Times, BBC, CNN, and NPR.