A discussion featuring:     
Audra Grant 
Senior Researcher and Manager, National Opinion Research Center (NORC)
University of Chicago 

Adnan Mazarei
Deputy Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

With

Mohsin Khan
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East
Atlantic Council

Karim Mezran
Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East
Atlantic Council

In their latest issue brief titled “Morocco’s Gradual Political and Economic Transition,” the Atlantic Council’s Mohsin Khan and Karim Mezran address the factors that have helped Morocco weather the storm of popular uprisings sweeping the region. Based on economic developments and policies, and a close study of historical context and political characteristics, the authors analyze how and why the Moroccan state has maintained its grip on power. Khan and Mezran advance policy recommendations to open up the political system and undertake fundamental economic reforms to address the structural challenges to the country’s growth and prosperity. 

At the Atlantic Council Khan specializes on the economics of the Arab transitions and Mezran focuses on the politics of North Africa. Adnan Mazarei of the IMF has extensive policy experience with a number of countries in the MENA region. Audra Grant was previously a political scientist with the RAND Corporation and is a published author on Moroccan politics.