Malcolm Byrne

Former Public Policy Scholar

Professional Affiliation

Deputy Director, Director of Research at the National Security Archive

Expert Bio

Malcolm Byrne is deputy director and director of research for the non-governmental National Security Archive, based at George Washington University.  Since 1998, he has directed the Archive’s Iran-U.S. Relations Project, which aims at a multi-national, multi-archival approach to the history of the two countries’ relations since World War II.  Among his books is the award-winning Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran (co-edited with Mark Gasiorowski) (Syracuse, 2004) and Iran-Contra: Reagan's Scandal and the Unchecked Abuse of Presidential Power (Kansas, 2014). 

Wilson Center Project

The Iran-Contra Affair: An International History