Olivier Guitta is the founder and editor of The Croissant, a newsletter dedicated to foreign affairs and counterterrorism. He is a Foreign Affairs and Counterterrorism consultant in Washington D.C. His clients include prestigious think tanks, lobbying firms, financial institutions (such as Prudential Equity Group) and law firms needing assistance on terrorism cases. He also testified in front of the European Union Parliament.
He was born in Morocco and lived then in Spain, France and Germany before moving to the United States in 1992. He has a Finance MBA from a French business school and a Masters in economics from the University of Cologne, Germany. He speaks four languages and has over a decade of experience in international banking and portfolio management with two major firms in New York and Miami. After September 11, he decided to switch careers and devote his life to fighting the war of ideas. He moved to the Washington D.C. area in 2004.
Mr. Guitta has broad expertise in Foreign Affairs and terrorism. His daily reading of the Arabic, European, Israeli and US press, combined with the business experience acquired throughout his financial years, gives him a different perspective on world events.
His articles on the Middle East, Europe, Radical Islam and terrorism have been published in numerous outlets, including the "Weekly Standard", “The Examiner”, "Middle East Quarterly", “Journal of International Security Affairs”, "National Post" (Canada), “Valeurs Actuelles” (France), “Asia Times” (Honk Kong), "Jerusalem Post", " New York Press," and others. He has written in depth studies on Hezbollah for the Brookings Institution, on France's Arab policy for the "Middle East Quarterly", on Euro-US cooperation on terrorism for the American Legislative Exchange Council. He has been quoted in the Washington Times, New York Sun, Village Voice, Chicago Tribune, The Daily Express (London), El Pais (Spain), Jyllands Posten (Denmark). His works have been translated in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch.
He lectures around the country mostly on the Middle East and terrorism.
He has also appeared on Fox News, CBN, ABC radio and the Todd Feinburg show. He can be reached at olivierg55@yahoo.com.
