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Afkār is a publication of the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, providing short-form analyses, insights, and perspectives on regional issues and developments from the Council's experts and outside contributors. Afkār is published in English and Arabic, and is edited by Omar H. Rahman.
Contact us at afkar@mecouncil.org.
Joseph Bahout
Director, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

Omar H. Rahman
Fellow

Mutahar Abdulaziz Al-Abbasi
Professor, Sanaa University

Narayanappa Janardhan
Director, Research and Analysis, Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy

Yasmina Abouzzohour
Nonresident Fellow

Hamidreza Azizi
Nonresident Fellow

Nader S. Kabbani
Senior Fellow and Director of Research

Tarik M. Yousef
Senior Fellow and Director

Ahmet F. Aysan
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Nasser Saidi
President, Nasser Saidi & Associates; Chairman Saif Al Ghurair Group

June Park
Visiting Fellow

Rabah Arezki
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Robert P. Beschel Jr.
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Michael G. Schaeffer
Guest Author

Shahram Akbarzadeh
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Özge Genç
Visiting Fellow

Maysa Baroud
Joint Visiting Fellow

Khalid Al-Jaber
Director of the MENA Center for Research

Ambassador Patrick Theros
Strategic Adviser for Gulf International Forum

Yahia H. Zoubir
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Abdelkader Abderrahmane
Geopolitical researcher and international consultant

Mohammed Masbah
fellow with the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA)

Kholood Khair
Political analyst and the founding director of Confluence Advisory

Dania Thafer
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Ranj Alaaldin
Fellow

Galip Dalay
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Adel Abdel Ghafar
Fellow and Program Director

Paul Dyer
Nonresident Fellow

Ali Bakir
Assistant Professor, Qatar University

Djaouida Siaci
Attorney

Vali Kaleji
Senior Research Fellow, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Tehran, Iran

Jin Liangxiang
Senior Research Fellow, Shanghai Institute of Int'l Studies

Dr. Chris Elias
President of the Global Development Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Faozi Al-Goidi
Junior Visiting Fellow

Oumeyma Chelbi
Junior Visiting Fellow

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Fellow at the Baker Institute for Public Policy

Mehran Haghirian
Director of Regional Initiatives, Bourse & Bazaar Foundation

Aisha Al-Sarihi
Nonresident Fellow

Beverley Milton Edwards
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Abdalftah Hamed Ali
Junior Visiting Fellow

Alhala Alkuwari
Junior Visiting Fellow

Sahar Khamis
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Xuanrong Wu
Policy Analyst at the Center for BRICS Studies

Tanner Manley
Research Assistant

Research

H.E. Dr. Naledi Pandor
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation for South Africa

Hana El Shehaby
Research Assistant

Research

Sinem Cengiz
Guest Author

Betul Dogan Akkas
Guest Author

Ibrahim Jouhari
Guest Author

Ali Bin Musa
Junior Visiting Fellow

Noha Aboueldahab
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Saoud El Mawla
Visiting Senior Fellow

Mouin Rabbani
Nonresident Fellow

Shigeto Kondo
Guest Author

Leily Rossi
Guest Author

Nima Khorrami
Guest Author

Khalil E. Jahshan
Guest Author

Robert Mason
Guest Author

Jihad Mashamoun
Guest Author

Larbi Sadiki
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Nejla Ben Mimoune
Research Associate and Programs Manager

Research

Marc Owen Jones
Nonresident Senior Fellow