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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.
Rabah Arezki
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Tarik M. Yousef
Senior Fellow and Director

Nasser Saidi
President, Nasser Saidi & Associates; Former Minister of Economy and Trade and Minister of Industry of Lebanon

Omar H. Rahman
Fellow

Jingdong Yuan
Senior Researcher and Director of China and Asia Security Programme,the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Alaa Tartir
Senior Researcher and Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Khalid Al-Jaber
Director of the MENA Center for Research

Ahmed Morsy
Visiting Fellow

Mouin Rabbani
Nonresident Fellow

Nader S. Kabbani
Senior Fellow and Director of Research

Paul Dyer
Nonresident Fellow

Aisha Al-Sarihi
Nonresident Fellow

Galip Dalay
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Ranj Alaaldin
Fellow

Robert P. Beschel Jr.
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Justin Dargin 
Senior Visiting Fellow

Faozi Al-Goidi
Junior Visiting Fellow

Alhala Alkuwari
Junior Visiting Fellow

Abdalftah Hamed Ali
Junior Visiting Fellow

Mahjoob Zweiri
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Yahia H. Zoubir
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Mehran Haghirian
Director of Regional Initiatives, Bourse & Bazaar Foundation

Sara Chehab
Senior Research Fellow, Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy in Abu Dhabi 

Hamidreza Azizi
Nonresident Fellow

Tanner Manley
Research Assistant

Research

Francesco Schiavi
Freelance Middle East Analyst and Consultant

Dalia Ghanem
Senior Fellow and Program Director

Giorgio Cafiero
CEO and founder, Gulf State Analytics

Nadim Houry
Executive Director of the Arab Reform Initiative

Joseph Bahout
Director, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

Abdulaziz Sager
Chairman, Gulf Research Center

Dania Thafer
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Mohammad Abu Rumman
Academic Advisor, Politics and Society Institute

Hasan Jaber
Resident Researcher, Politics and Society Institute

Saoud El Mawla
Visiting Senior Fellow

Afyare A. Elmi
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Redie Bereketeab
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Adel Abdel Ghafar
Fellow and Program Director

Tsedenya Girmay
Communications Assistant

Communications and Events

Lina Khatib
Director, SOAS Middle East Institute at SOAS University of London

Rami G. Khouri
Director of Global Engagement at the American University of Beirut

Sahar Khamis
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Felicity Sena Dogbatse
Ph.D. student, University of Maryland

Jin Liangxiang
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Hana El Shehaby
Research Assistant

Research

Aylin Salahifar

Tarek Megerisi
Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations

Khaldoun El-Charif
Political Analyst and Senior Political Advisor

Ali Bin Musa
Junior Visiting Fellow

Nejla Ben Mimoune
Research Associate and Programs Manager

Research

Oumeyma Chelbi
Junior Visiting Fellow

Mounir Al-Rabih
Journalist

Beverley Milton Edwards
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Mohammad Abu Hawash
Senior Research Assistant

Research

Mutahar Abdulaziz Al-Abbasi
Professor, Sanaa University

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

Yasmina Abouzzohour
Nonresident Fellow

Ahmet F. Aysan
Nonresident Senior Fellow

June Park
Visiting Fellow

Michael G. Schaeffer
Guest Author

Shahram Akbarzadeh
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Özge Genç
Visiting Fellow

Maysa Baroud
Joint Visiting Fellow

Ambassador Patrick Theros
Strategic Adviser for Gulf International Forum

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

Ali Bakir
Assistant Professor, Qatar University

Djaouida Siaci
Attorney

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

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

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Fellow at the Baker Institute for Public Policy

Xuanrong Wu
Policy Analyst at the Center for BRICS Studies

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

Sinem Cengiz
Guest Author

Betul Dogan Akkas
Guest Author

Ibrahim Jouhari
Guest Author

Noha Aboueldahab
Nonresident Senior 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

Marc Owen Jones
Nonresident Senior Fellow