Maisoon H. Kafafy is a senior advisor to the Atlantic Council’s Middle East programs, where she focuses on Middle East integration strategy, regional cooperation, and geoeconomics. Her work also focuses on technology, governance, and strategic connectivity.

Previously, Kafafy was a geopolitical consultant at The Cohen Group, advising clients across the technology, defense, and legal sectors on geopolitical risk and strategic engagement in the Middle East and North Africa. She served as a research fellow at the Harvard Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative and was a 2025 International Strategy Forum fellow with the Special Competitive Studies Project.

Earlier in her career, Kafafy worked within Egypt’s international cooperation ecosystem, partnering with the World Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on development finance, technical assistance, and institutional reform. She also consulted on Middle East public affairs and business strategy in Cairo.

Kafafy holds a Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a dual BA in economics and political science from the American University in Cairo. She is a native Arabic speaker.