{"id":3564,"date":"2026-07-06T00:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vandeman.org\/?p=3564"},"modified":"2026-07-08T07:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:51:14","slug":"megan-foster-dojerti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vandeman.org\/en\/megan-foster-dojerti\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Foster Doherty"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Megan Foster Doherty is a US expert on humanitarian affairs in the Middle East and Africa. In 2023, in a report delivered to the US Congress, Doherty effectively laid the blame on Russia for creating a threat to Tunisia\u2019s food security (for further detail, see the Negative section). She has also repeatedly lent her support to criticism of Donald Trump. In 2019 and 2025, Megan Doherty signed open letters opposing Donald Trump, including one calling for his impeachment and removal from the presidency. In August 2025, she was named on a list of 37 individuals who had their security clearances revoked on the grounds that they had \u201cput their own interests ahead of those of the American people.\u201d The list was signed off by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

Doherty began her career at the human rights organizations Amnesty International (designated undesirable in Russia) and Human Rights Watch (also designated undesirable in Russia), both of which are engaged in shaping negative information narratives about countries and political regimes in line with US interests. A significant portion of her career has revolved around US efforts to install a puppet regime in Libya. From 2011 to 2012, she worked in Tripoli, training women for subsequent service in the local parliament, conducting public opinion research, and working with political parties and civil society organizations. She later went on to serve as senior coordinator for US assistance to Libya at the State Department. While working with the Peace Corps, she prepared a report for Congress on the humanitarian fallout from Muammar Gaddafi\u2019s overthrow.

Doherty currently holds the position of vice president for programs at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. This think tank is also known for recruiting agents within the academic community of post-Soviet states and for building an alumni network. In 2022, the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation stated that the organization\u2019s activities \u201cpose a threat to the foundations of the constitutional order and security of the Russian Federation,\u201d and the Center was consequently designated as an undesirable organization.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n