empowerME Conversations

empowerME Conversations is a podcast created by the Atlantic Council’s empowerME, which features conversations with business and government leaders shaping the Middle East. The podcast highlights significant policy issues, economic opportunities, and challenges for organizations and governments through interviews with influential entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and economic policymakers.

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Season 3

Focuses on top government officials driving regional economic growth, featuring corporate guest co-hosts. Subscribe to empowerME Conversations on your favorite podcast platform to hear the latest episodes.

Season 2

Focuses on CEOs leading top corporations in the Middle East and features their insights on promoting regional economic prosperity. Subscribe to empowerME Conversations on your favorite podcast platform to hear the latest episodes.

Season 1

Focuses on top regional entrepreneurs and their path to success as well as struggles they faced along the way. Subscribe to empowerME Conversations on your favorite podcast platform to listen to the complete season.

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Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

The Atlantic Council’s work on social, economic and human development issues in the Middle East honors the legacy of Rafik Hariri and his life’s mission to unlock the human and economic potential of the Arab world.

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The Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative (SMESI) provides policymakers fresh insights into core US national security interests by leveraging its expertise, networks, and on-the-ground programs to develop unique and holistic assessments on the future of the most pressing strategic, political, and security challenges and opportunities in the Middle East.