Jin Liangxiang is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is also a senior research fellow at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS). Liangxiang specializes in Middle Eastern-international relations, with a particular focus on Iran’s foreign policy and domestic politics. He also conducts research on China’s relations with… Continue reading Jin Liangxiang
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Mahjoob Zweiri
Mahjoob Zweiri is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is a professor of contemporary politics and history of the Middle East at Qatar University, with a focus on Iran and the Gulf region. Previously, Zweiri was the director of the Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University from 2018 until 2024. Prior to… Continue reading Mahjoob Zweiri
Mouin Rabbani
Mouin Rabbani is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is a researcher, analyst, and commentator specializing in Palestinian affairs, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and contemporary Middle East issues. Among other previous positions, Rabbani served as principal political affairs officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for… Continue reading Mouin Rabbani
Afyare A. Elmi
Afyare A. Elmi is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is also a research professor at the City University of Mogadishu and a senior research fellow at the Heritage Institute for Policy Studies in Somalia. Previously, Elmi was the executive director of the Heritage Institute for Policy… Continue reading Afyare A. Elmi
Redie Bereketeab
Redie Bereketeab is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. Bereketeab has been a senior researcher at the Nordic African Institute in Uppsala, Sweden, since January 2010. He oversees a research project on conflict and state building in the Horn of Africa, and regional economic communities and peacebuilding in Africa.… Continue reading Redie Bereketeab
Mirdef Alqashouti
Mirdef Alqashouti is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is a counselor at Qatar’s Embassy to Belgium. A diplomat since 2008, Alqashouti has worked in several capitals across the world, holding bilateral and multilateral cooperation tasks. He was a member on the taskforce of Afghanistan peace process. Prior, he… Continue reading Mirdef Alqashouti
Kamel Senouci
Kamel Senouci is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He specializes in global health. A medical doctor by training, Senouci’s expertise covers public health, epidemiology and health policy, and health economics. He is currently the director of the Advanced Course of Vaccinology (ADVAC)—an advanced vaccinology training for health professional—at… Continue reading Kamel Senouci
Mohannad T. Al-Suwaidan
Mohannad T. Al-Suwaidan is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is the head of natural gas liquids (NGL) and chief Middle East and Africa analyst at ESAI Energy in Boston. Al-Suwaidan research examines energy markets, trade relations between different states, and state-citizens relations within rentier states, focusing on the… Continue reading Mohannad T. Al-Suwaidan
Aisha Al-Sarihi
Aisha Al-Sarihi is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. She is a research fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute and a nonresident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. Al-Sarihi’s areas of research include political economy, environmental sustainability, energy policy, renewables, and climate policies,… Continue reading Aisha Al-Sarihi
Shahram Akbarzadeh
Shahram Akbarzadeh is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is a research professor of Middle East and Central Asian politics and acting director of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University in Australia. Akbarzadeh’s research focus includes transnational linkages and the international relations of… Continue reading Shahram Akbarzadeh
Rabah Arezki
Rabah Arezki is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is a director of research at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a senior fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. In addition, Arezki is a research fellow with the Economic Research Forum… Continue reading Rabah Arezki
Hamidreza Azizi
Hamidreza Azizi is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is also a visiting fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) and an associate researcher at Clingendael – the Netherlands Institute of International Relations. Prior, Azizi was an associate fellow at Al Sharq Strategic Research in… Continue reading Hamidreza Azizi
Sahar Khamis
Sahar Khamis is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. She is also an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland, College Park. An expert on Arab and Muslim media, Khamis was the former head of the Mass Communication and Information Science Department at Qatar… Continue reading Sahar Khamis
Ahmet F. Aysan
Ahmet Aysan is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is also a professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University and the program coordinator of Islamic Finance and Economy programs. Previously, Aysan has been a member of the Board and the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Turkey.… Continue reading Ahmet F. Aysan
Rana Hendy
Rana Hendy is a former nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. She is also an assistant professor of economics and public policy and the program director of the Master of Public Policy Program at the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at The American University in Cairo. Hendy is… Continue reading Rana Hendy
Yasmina Abouzzohour
Yasmina Abouzzohour is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs and a research scholar and lecturer in Politics at Princeton University, where she teaches courses on political and economic development. She is also a senior nonresident fellow at the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis and previously served as a research fellow… Continue reading Yasmina Abouzzohour
Beverley Milton Edwards
Beverley Milton-Edwards is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. Her research focuses on contemporary politics in the Middle East, Political Islam, and Security. She is also a Senior Policy Advisor and Mediator with more than 20 years of experience advising the European Union and different governments, including Qatar’s Ministry… Continue reading Beverley Milton Edwards
Larbi Sadiki
Larbi Sadiki is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is a scholar with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. He is an expert in democratization studies and political transitions. Previously, he was a professor at Qatar University, lecturing on international affairs and political science. He was… Continue reading Larbi Sadiki
Dania Thafer
Dania Thafer is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs and the executive director of the Gulf International Forum in Washington, D.C. She is also a professorial lecturer at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University. Previously, she worked at the National Defense University’s Near East South Asia… Continue reading Dania Thafer
Marc Owen Jones
Marc Owen Jones is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is an associate professor of media analytics at Northwestern University in Qatar. His recent work has focused on how social media has been used to spread disinformation and fake news in the Middle East. He published a book… Continue reading Marc Owen Jones
Noha Aboueldahab
Noha Aboueldahab is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. She is an assistant professor of international law at Georgetown University in Qatar and serves on the board of several academic and civil society organizations. Aboueldahab is an award-winning specialist in transitional justice and is the author of Transitional Justice and the Prosecution… Continue reading Noha Aboueldahab
Yahia H. Zoubir
Yahia Zoubir is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is also a professor of international studies and geopolitics at various universities and business schools in several countries across the world including in France, the United States, China, Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa region. In 2020,… Continue reading Yahia H. Zoubir
Paul Dyer
Paul Dyer is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He has over 20 years of research and policy analysis experience on governance and economic development issues in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Dyer’s work has focused on labor market policy and youth development, small and medium… Continue reading Paul Dyer
Robert P. Beschel Jr.
Robert P. Beschel Jr. is a senior nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs (ME Council). He consults as senior advisor on governance and public sector management for the World Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and several leading management consulting firms. Beschel’s areas of research include governance and public sector management, economic development, fiscal… Continue reading Robert P. Beschel Jr.
Galip Dalay
Galip Dalay is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is also associate fellow at Chatham House and doctoral researcher at Oxford University. He was Mercator-ICP (Istanbul Policy Center) fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), nonresident fellow at the Brookings Doha Centre, visiting scholar… Continue reading Galip Dalay