About
The Project for Middle East Integration is a non-partisan policy development and convening platform dedicated to tangibly improving cooperation between key US partners in the Middle East and around the world. We do so by developing cutting-edge scholarship and convening leading policymakers, elected officials, and thought leaders to discuss and collaborate on pressing issues and opportunities. Our efforts are guided by our principal belief that enhanced cooperation between the United States, Israel, and Arab and Muslim countries has the potential to generate significant benefits, including advancing US security and economic interests.
Since our founding, the Project for Middle East Integration has engaged more than twenty-five countries and hundreds of world leaders and advanced a number of new partnerships and policy initiatives.
Pillars
Middle East economic connectivity
The Project for Middle East Integration is spearheading work to strengthen US efforts around multimodal trading routes through the Middle East, namely the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor. The project engages policymakers and experts from the US, Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, Gulf, and India to provide a platform for discussion and produce insightful policy recommendations that can strengthen Middle East trade, connectivity, and integration.
Promoting political integration
The Project for Middle East Integration is dedicated to strengthening cooperation between the United States, Israel, and Arab and Muslim countries. Our efforts are guided by our belief that meaningful cooperation will build a broader Middle East grounded in shared prosperity and tolerance that advances US economic and security interests. We work to strengthen ties among US allies, while also continuously engaging with and adding new countries and partners.
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Through our Middle East Programs, the Atlantic Council works with allies and partners in Europe and the wider Middle East to protect US interests, build peace and security, and unlock the human potential of the region.