Jin Liangxiang

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

Mahjoob Zweiri

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

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 Beschel is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He also consults as a senior advisor on governance and public sector management for the World Bank and several leading consulting firms. Previously, Beschel oversaw the World Bank’s work on Governance and Public Sector Management in MENA. He also served… 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