Middle East Experts

National Security Middle East

Fellow

Brett McGurk

Distinguished Fellow, Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

English Middle East

Fellow

Daniel B. Shapiro

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Conflict English

Expert

Jon Wilks

Distinguished Fellow, Transatlantic Project

Senior Director, Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Arabic Crisis Management

Staff

Jonathan Panikoff

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Economy & Business Financial Regulation

Staff

Gissou Nia

Director, Strategic Litigation Project

Director, Iraq Initiative

Civil Society Corruption

Staff

Victoria J. Taylor

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

Staff

Khalid Azim

Director, MENA Futures Lab

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Economy & Business Middle East

Expert

Nate Swanson

Resident Senior Fellow

Iran Middle East

Staff

Allison Minor

Director, Project for Middle East Integration

Resident Senior Fellow, Realign for Palestine

Arabic Conflict

Fellow

Ahmed F. Alkhatib

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Realign For Palestine

Arabic Conflict

Staff

Karim Mezran

Director, Resident Senior Fellow, North Africa Initiative

Deputy Director, Operations and Finance

Arabic Economy & Business

Staff

Emilia Pierce

Deputy Director, Strategic Litigation Project

Civil Society Conflict

Staff

Nushin Sarkarati

Deputy Director, Realign for Palestine

Corruption Human Rights

Staff

Melanie Robbins

Senior Staff Lawyer, Strategic Litigation Project

Civil Society Extremism

Staff

Elise Baker

Associate Director, Iraq Initiative

Civil Society Extremism

Staff

Nibras Basitkey

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Economy & Business

Staff

Nour Dabboussi

Associate Director, MENA Futures Lab

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

Arabic French

Staff

Alex Elnagdy

Associate Director, Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Arabic Energy & Environment

Staff

Manal Fatima

Assistant Director, Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Middle East North Africa

Staff

Britt Gronemeyer

Assistant Director, Strategic Litigation Project

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Human Rights International Organizations

Staff

Daniah Jarrah

Program Assistant

Arabic Civil Society

Staff

Celeste Kmiotek

Senior Staff Lawyer, Strategic Litigation Project

Americas European Union

Staff

David Maloney

Assistant Director

Senior Law & Tech Advisor, Strategic Litigation Project

Europe & Eurasia Middle East

Staff

Lisandra Novo

Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives and Policy, Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Civil Society Corruption

Staff

Joze Pelayo

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Middle East The Gulf

Staff

Kayra Sener

Program Assistant, Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Middle East Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

Staff

Kate Springs

Program Assistant, Strategic Litigation Project

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Human Rights International Norms

Staff

Nour Taha

Program Assistant

Iraq Initiative

Arabic Conflict

Staff

Cleary Waldo

Program Assistant

Nonresident Fellows

Fellow

Akeel Abbas

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Human Rights

Fellow

Nasredeen Abdulbari

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project for Middle East Integration

Africa Arabic

Fellow

Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Middle East National Security

Fellow

Nic Adams

Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Energy & Environment Middle East

Fellow

Osamah Al Rawhani

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Middle East Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

Fellow

Safwan Al-Amin

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic English

Fellow

Ibrahim Al-Assil

Arabic Conflict

Fellow

Stefanie Hausheer Ali

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project for Middle East Integration

Arabic Economy & Business

Fellow

Rza Aliyev

Distinguished Fellow, Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Azerbaijani Central Asia

Fellow

Bisher Al-Khasawneh

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Arabic Defense Policy

Fellow

Yesar Al-Maleki

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Geopolitics & Energy Security

Fellow

Hanaa Almoaibed

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

Arabic Economy & Business

Fellow

Omar Al-Nidawi

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Energy & Environment

Fellow

Rend Al-Rahim

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Democratic Transitions

Fellow

Perrihan Al-Riffai

empowerME Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Economy & Business

Fellow

Samir Altaqi

Arabic Middle East

Fellow

Eric Alter

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Arabic French

Fellow

Wa’el Alzayat

Arabic Economy & Business

Fellow

Shahira Amin

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Arabic Economy & Business

Fellow

Carmiel Arbit

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Civil Society Extremism

Fellow

Amir Asmar

Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Intelligence Israel

Former fellow

Emadeddin Badi

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Nonresident Senior Fellow, MENA Futures Lab

Arabic Conflict

Fellow

Bilal Baloch

Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

Digital Policy Middle East

Fellow

Nicholas Blanford

Arabic Conflict

Fellow

Alia Brahimi

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Arabic Civil Society

Fellow

Colin Brooks

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Iran Middle East

Fellow

Giangiacomo Calovini

English Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Danny Citrinowicz

Arabic Cybersecurity

Fellow

Jonathan R. Cohen

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Greece Iraq

Fellow

R. Clarke Cooper

Distinguished fellow, Middle East Programs

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Africa Defense Policy

Fellow

Dario Cristiani

Arabic English

Fellow

Arwa Damon

Arabic Civil Society

Fellow

Kurt Davis Jr.

Millennium Leadership Program Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

Fellow

Haydee Dijkstal

Africa Corruption

Fellow

Nizar El Fakih

Corruption Human Rights

Fellow

Lama El Hatow

empowerME Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Africa Climate Change & Climate Action

Fellow

Tobias Ellwood

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

Fellow

Ariel Ezrahi

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Arabic Energy & Environment

Fellow

Robert Fardi

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project for Middle East Integration

Economy & Business Israel

Fellow

Nadia Farra

Cybersecurity Defense Technologies

Fellow

Andrew G. Farrand

Nonresident Senior Fellow, MENA Futures Lab

Arabic Civil Society

Fellow

Eric Fine

Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

Dollar Dominance Economy & Business

Fellow

Kirsten Fontenrose

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Middle East National Security

Fellow

Marie Forestier

Arabic French

Fellow

Jonathan Fulton

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

China Chinese

Fellow

Jennifer Gavito

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic French

Fellow

Hany Ghanem

Americas Arabic

Fellow

Reem Goussous

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

Americas Arabic

Fellow

Marcy Grossman

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Economy & Business Israel

Fellow

Adel Hamaizia

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Scowcfroft Middle East Security Initiative

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

Fellow

Sinan Hatahet

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project for Middle East Integration

Arabic Economy & Business

Fellow

Amir Hayek

Arabic English

Fellow

Nicholas Hopton

Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Europe & Eurasia Iran

Fellow

Ivan Horodyskyy

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project for Middle East Integration

Eastern Europe English

Fellow

Newton Howard

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project for Middle East Intergation

Artificial Intelligence English

Fellow

Afaq Hussain

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

Fellow

John James

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Americas Defense Technologies

Fellow

Mark N. Katz

Geopolitics & Energy Security Iran

Fellow

Yousuf Syed Khan

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project for Middle East Integration

Africa Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Len Khodorkovsky

Arabic English

Fellow

Inwook Kim

empowerME Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

English Geopolitics & Energy Security

Fellow

Mark Klamberg

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Project

English European Union

Fellow

Michael Köhler

Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

European Union Germany

Fellow

Adam Kozloski

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Indo-Pacific Security Initiative

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Indo-Pacific Middle East

Fellow

Shalom Lipner

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Crisis Management English

Fellow

Rob Macaire

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Iran Middle East

Fellow

Tasha Manoranjan

English Human Rights

Fellow

Alessia Melcangi

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project for Middle East Integration

Civil Society English

Fellow

Itai Melchior

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Middle East Programs

Artificial Intelligence Economy & Business

Fellow

Lyndsey Merrill Feinberg

Global Energy Center Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy

Fellow

Amina Mohamed

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project for Middle East Integration

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Africa Economy & Business

Fellow

Daniel E. Mouton

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Fellow

Godfrey Odongo

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project for Middle East Integration

Africa East Africa

Fellow

Bachir Ismael Ouedraogo

Africa Energy & Environment

Fellow

Ömer Özkizilcik

Arabic English

Fellow

Abram Paley

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Arabic Hebrew

Former staff

Alissa Pavia

Arabic French

Fellow

C. Anthony Pfaff

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic English

Fellow

Priya Pillai

Africa Conflict

Fellow

Alan Pino

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Intelligence Iran

Fellow

Leah Pisar

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Project

Civil Society Education

Fellow

Alex Plitsas

Afghanistan Crisis Management

Fellow

Marc Polymeropoulos

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Amany Qaddour

Arabic Civil Society

Fellow

Omer Rafiq

Arabic Hindi

Fellow

Diana Rayes

Arabic Civil Society

Fellow

Julie Recinos

English Human Rights

Fellow

Alina L. Romanowski

Iraq Initiative Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Economy & Business Geopolitics & Energy Security

Fellow

Yerevan Saeed

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Energy & Environment

Fellow

Khaled Sakr

empowerME Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Economy & Business

Fellow

Nathan Sales

Distinguished fellow, Middle East Programs

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Extremism Human Rights

Fellow

Jean-Loup Samaan

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Arabic Defense Policy

Fellow

Kapil Sharma

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project for Middle East Integration

Economy & Business India

Fellow

Courtney Spivey Urschel

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

Human Rights Middle East

Fellow

Jaime Stansbury

Nonresident fellow

Arabic Economy & Business

Fellow

Gareth Stansfield

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Project

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

Afghanistan Iraq

Fellow

Thomas Storch

Distinguished fellow, Project for Middle East Integration

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project for Middle East Integration

Economy & Business Energy Markets & Governance

Fellow

Samantha Sutton

Conflict Israel

Fellow

Ahmed Tabaqchali

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Economy & Business

Fellow

Frank Talbot

Economy & Business English

Fellow

Marika Theros

Security & Defense Politics & Diplomacy

Fellow

Christine van den Toorn

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Economy & Business

Fellow

Thomas S. Warrick

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative GeoStrategy Initiative

National Security Terrorism

Expert

Gregory Waters

Democratic Transitions Middle East

Fellow

Sarah Zaaimi

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Arabic Crisis Management

Active affiliation

Joseph Zacks

Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Middle East National Security

Fellow

Miroslav M. Zafirov