SUN Xia is a visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. She is also an associate researcher at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS)’ Institute of International Relations. Previously, Sun served as a lecturer at the Department of Law, Shandong University of Technology. Afterward, she taught courses on global governance and… Continue reading SUN Xia
Expert Type: Visiting Fellows
Justin Dargin
Justin Dargin is a senior visiting fellow at the Middle East Council of Global Affairs. He has worked extensively on a multitude of issues relating to the intersection of the global and Middle East energy sectors, geopolitics, and climate change. As a senior MENA energy and climate scholar at the University of Oxford, Dargin’s research… Continue reading Justin Dargin
Ahmed Morsy
Ahmed Morsy is a visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, where he works on the Middle East and Horn of Africa interconnected geopolitical, security, and economic dynamics. His research interests include foreign and security policies in the Middle East, as well as political reforms in the Arab world. Morsy is also… Continue reading Ahmed Morsy
Hanan Alsadi
Hanan Alsadi is a visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. She is a lecturer with the International Affairs Department at Qatar University and a Ph.D. candidate in energy policy at Portland State University. Previously, she was an energy resiliency intern at Tigard, Oregon, where she worked on a proposal for establishing a… Continue reading Hanan Alsadi
Özge Genç
Özge Genç is a visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. Previously, she was the research director at the Center for Public Policy and Democracy Studies (PODEM) in Istanbul, Türkiye. Prior to that position, she was the director of the democratization program at the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV). She… Continue reading Özge Genç
Maysa Baroud
Maysa Baroud is a joint visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs and Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI). Prior, Baroud was a senior researcher at the Arab NGO Network for Development, where she coordinated the development of the Arab Watch Report on Economic and Social Rights with… Continue reading Maysa Baroud
Alhala Alkuwari
Alhala H. Alkuwari is a junior visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. She is also a teaching associate in politics at the Community College of Qatar (CCQ). Alkuwari is a graduate from the Queen Mary University of London with a master’s degree in international relations. Previously, Alkuwari worked as a researcher… Continue reading Alhala Alkuwari
Abdulaziz Al-Sulaiti
Abdulaziz Al-Sulaiti is a junior visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is a third secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al-Sulaiti is a recent graduate from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., with a master’s degree in strategy, cybersecurity, and intelligence. Previously, Al-Sulaiti was… Continue reading Abdulaziz Al-Sulaiti
Saoud El Mawla
Saoud El Mawla is a visiting senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. Previously, El Mawla was a visiting professor of social sciences at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. He dedicated more than two decades to his role as a professor of sociology at the Social Sciences Institute-Lebanese University in Beirut… Continue reading Saoud El Mawla
Abdalftah Hamed Ali
Abdalftah Hamed Ali is a junior visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He has recently graduated from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar, with a master’s degree in public policy. Abdalftah’s research interests include economic development, public policy, energy transition, and sustainability in the Middle East and North Africa… Continue reading Abdalftah Hamed Ali
Ali Bin Musa
Ali Bin Musa is a junior visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He has recently graduated from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar, with a master’s degree in political science and international relations. His research interests include democratic transition, state formation, political history, and foreign policy in the Middle… Continue reading Ali Bin Musa
Oumeyma Chelbi
Oumeyma Chelbi is a junior visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. She has recently graduated from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar with a master’s degree in development economics. Chelbi’s research interests include corruption, governance, development economics, and entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa region. Previously, Chelbi… Continue reading Oumeyma Chelbi
June Park
June Park is a visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. She is also a fellow with the Digital Euro Association, an inaugural Asia fellow of the International Strategy Forum at Schmidt Futures, and a nonresident fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research in Washington, D.C. Park is a political… Continue reading June Park
Mashaell Al-Shammari
Mashael Al-Shammari was a junior visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. She is a recent graduate from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar with a master’s degree in history. Al-Shammari’s research interests include women empowerment in sharia law, the origins of statehood in Islam, and the development of Islamic… Continue reading Mashaell Al-Shammari
Faozi Al-Goidi
Faozi Al-Goidi is a junior visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is a recent graduate from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar with a master’s degree in history. Al-Goidi’s research interests include democratization in Islam, social movements and nonstate actors, along with conflict resolution. At the Middle East… Continue reading Faozi Al-Goidi