Ryan Arant is the director of the N7 Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs. During the first Trump Administration, Arant served at the National Security Council and National Economic Council, where he played key roles in the negotiation of the Abraham Accords agreements and reshaping US economic and security policy toward China. He co-led the development of the economic framework of the Peace to Prosperity plan for the Middle East.  He has been published by the Yale Journal for International Affairs, the Columbia Journal for International Affairs, and a variety of other publications.