Dr. Moisés Naím

Moisés Naím is a senior associate in Carnegie’s International Economics Program, where his research focuses on international economics and global politics.

The author and editor of numerous books, his most recent one, Illicit: How Smugglers Traffickers and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy (Doubleday, 2005), was published in 18 languages and selected by the Washington Post as one of the best books of the year. A documentary film based on Illicit won a 2009 Emmy award.

Naím is the chief international columnist for El Pais, Spain's largest newspaper, and his weekly column is published worldwide. Before joining the Carnegie Endowment, Naím was the editor in chief of Foreign Policy for fourteen years. Under his leadership, the magazine re-launched, won the National Magazine award for General Excellence three times, and became one of the world's most influential publications in international affairs.

Naím’s public service includes his tenure as Venezuela’s Minister of Trade and Industry in the early 1990s, director of Venezuela's Central Bank, and executive director of the World Bank. He was also a professor of business and economics and dean of IESA, Venezuela's main business school.

He is the chairman of the board of Group of Fifty (G-50), and a member of the board of directors of the National Endowment for Democracy, the International Crisis Group, and Population Action International.