After many years working as a global business and public policy advisor and consultant to international companies, Keith Philip Lepor decided to pursue his first passion, photography. He holds an M.Litt. in International Relations/political economy - (Comparative East Asian Economic Development Strategies) from St. Antony's College, Oxford University, and an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from the American University in Cairo. He has written numerous columns (Beirut Times of Lebanon and AsiaWise of Hong Kong) and articles on the Middle East, Central Asia and the Far East. He has also worked as Senior Editor for Middle East Insight. His book, with a Foreword by Mikhail Gorbachev, After the Cold War (University of Texas Press, 1997) helped articulate debate on the future of US Foreign Policy during the 2000 Presidential race.
Mr. Lepor has traveled and worked throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Far East and Southeast Asia where he has also conducted political research & analysis. Research interests include Asian strategic relations, Central Asian energy politics, Middle East politics and international terrorism. Lepor is currently a US member of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (USCSCAP), the Asia Society (New York), Gulf/2000 Project at Columbia University and the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C.
His unique international background and experience has transformed Mr. Lepor into a highly seasoned political analyst as well as an astute photographer and positioned him to function as a global freelance photographer and photojournalist. Global clients include CNN International, Reuters, Government of Switzerland (SDC), United Nation's Department of Peace Keeping Operations, MONUC (UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo), UNICEF, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Works Programme, The New York Times, The Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, World Health Organization (WHO), Medecins Sans Frontieres Switzerland, War Child Netherlands and the International Rescue Committee.
Keith Lepor is currently on assignment with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF/NATO) in Afghanistan as a Photojournalist and Forward Media Team Leader.
