FOREIGN POLICY AND SECURITY PROGRAM

The Council’s Foreign Policy and Security program contributes to the MENA region’s stability and security through independent analysis of key foreign policy issues impacting the region.

 

The program focuses on analyzing relationships between states in the region, as well as relations with external powers such as the United States, China, Russia, and Europe.

 

The program conducts research, convenes meetings, workshops, and forums, and engages with regional and international institutions to facilitate regional dialogue and cooperation.

 

Areas of
Focus

Gulf Foreign Policy and Security

  • Intra-Gulf relations
  • Relations with regional powers
  • Relations with global powers

Regional and Global Order

  • Regional rivalries
  • Great power competition
  • Multilateral institutions

Geopolitics of the Mediterranean

  • Eastern Mediterranean
  • European-Maghreb relations
  • Intra-Maghreb relations