Simon Allison
Simon Allison is the Africa editor for the Mail & Guardian in Johannesburg. He is also a research consultant for the... read more
Adnan Z Amin
Adnan Z Amin is a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School of... read more
Issandr El Amrani
Issandr El Amrani oversees the International Crisis Group’s North Africa Project. read more
Armand Arton
Armand Arton is the founder and president of Arton Capital, which issues The Passport Index. read more
Michael Ayari
Michael Ayari is the International Crisis Group’s senior analyst for Tunisia. read more
Henri J Barkey
Henri J Barkey is the Cohen Professor of International Relations at Lehigh University and an adjunct senior fellow for... read more
Greg C Bruno
Greg C. Bruno is the author of “Blessings from Beijing: Inside China’s Soft-Power War on Tibet.” As a journalist... read more
Nayan Chanda
Nayan Chanda, formerly editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review and founding editor of YaleGlobal Online, is currently... read more
Hagar Hajjar Chemali
Hagar Hajjar Chemali is founder and CEO of Greenwich Media Strategies, which offers communications strategy, media... read more
Joseph Dana
Joseph Dana, based between South Africa and the Middle East, is editor-in-chief of emerge85, a lab that explores change... read more
James M Dorsey
James M Dorsey is a senior fellow at Singapore’s S Rajaratnam School of International studies and the author of... read more
Jasmine El-Gamal
Jasmine El-Gamal is a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, where she focuses primarily on US Middle East... read more
Rym Tina Ghazal
Rym Tina Ghazal is a peace ambassador, thought/youth leader, documentarian, lecturer and author. In addition, she is an... read more
Jonathan Gornall
Jonathan Gornall is a British journalist, formerly with The Times, who has lived and worked in the Middle East and is... read more
Melissa Gronlund
Melissa Gronlund is a writer on art based in Abu Dhabi and London. Her writing has appeared in Artforum, L’Hebdo... read more
Haid Haid
Haid Haid is a Syrian columnist and a senior consulting research fellow of the Chatham House Middle East and North... read more
Jalel Harchaoui
Jalel Harchaoui teaches geopolitics at the Université de Versailles and Université Paris-Est. He also teaches... read more
Hasan Alhasan
Hasan Alhasan is a PhD researcher at King’s College London and the National University of Singapore, where his work... read more
Hassan Hassan
Hassan Hassan is a senior fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy in Washington. He is the co-author of... read more
Neil Hauer
Neil Hauer is a security analyst based in Tbilisi, Georgia. His work focuses on the Syrian conflict, particularly... read more
Emily Hawthorne
Emily Hawthorne is a Middle East and North Africa analyst at Stratfor. read more
Marc Holtzman
Marc Holtzman is chairman of CBZ Holdings, the largest financial institution in Zimbabwe. read more
Hussain Abdul-Hussain
Hussain Abdul-Hussain is a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He focuses on the Gulf region... read more
Maysa Jalbout
Maysa Jalbout is the founding CEO of the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education – a philanthropy with a goal of... read more
Michael Jennings
Michael Jennings is Reader in International Development at the School of Oriental and African Studies, or SOAS... read more
Rasha Al Joundy
Rasha Al Joundy is a senior researcher at the Dubai Public Policy Research Center. read more
Dnyanesh Kamat
Dnyanesh Kamat is a political analyst who focuses on the Middle East and South Asia. He also consults on socio-economic... read more
Nibras Kazimi
Nibras Kazimi is the author of “Syria Through Jihadist Eyes: A Perfect Enemy.” read more
Reem Kassem
Reem Kassem is conducting research on how art and culture can be used to counter violent extremism, as a PhD candidate... read more
Ellen Laipson
Ellen Laipson is director of the international security program at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George... read more
Omar Lamrani
Omar Lamrani is a geopolitical analyst who specializes in conflict analysis and military issues. read more
Nick Leech
Nick Leech is a writer and qualified landscape architect who specializes in the art, architecture and heritage of the... read more
Haifa Ahmed AlMaashi
Haifa Ahmed AlMaashi is director of geostrategic studies at the Dubai Public Policy Research Centre. read more
Vanand Meliksetian
Vanand Meliksetian works for Netherlands Enterprise Agency, where he helps develop protocols for the deployment of... read more
Anthony McAuley
Anthony McAuley has been a financial journalist for more than 30 years, working for some of the world’s most... read more
Ann Marie McQueen
Ann Marie McQueen, based in Abu Dhabi, is a freelance journalist working in digital, print and broadcast media. read more
Alexa Mena
Alexa Mena is a writer for the online health and fitness magazine, livehealthy.ae. read more
Effie-Michelle Metallidis
Effie-Michelle Metallidis is a technology and media strategist in Los Angeles, and a former journalist in the Middle... read more
Christian Le Miere
Christian Le Miere is founder of Arcipel, a strategic advisory firm based in London and The Hague, which helps... read more
Nikola Mikovic
Nikola Mikovic is a political analyst in Serbia. His work focuses mostly on the foreign policies of Russia, Belarus and... read more
Robin Mills
Robin Mills is CEO of Qamar Energy, and author of “The Myth of the Oil Crisis.” read more
Afshin Molavi
Afshin Molavi is a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced... read more
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is the founder of Strategy and Rest, a Silicon Valley consulting company, and the author of... read more
Martin Newland
Martin Newland is a former editor of the Daily Telegraph in London, The National in Abu Dhabi and deputy editor of the... read more
Robert Nichols
Robert Nichols, based in Dubai, is the managing director of 3M Middle East and Africa. read more
Hasan Selim Ozertem
Hasan Selim Ozertem is an Ankara-based political analyst. read more
Faisel Pervaiz
Faisel Pervaiz is an analyst on South Asia based in Austin, Texas. He has written extensively on the region's... read more
Burcu Ozcelik
Burcu Ozcelik is a research fellow at the University of Cambridge. read more
Oussama Romdhani
Oussama Romdhani is editor of The Arab Weekly. He previously served in the Tunisian government and as a diplomat in... read more
Nour Samaha
Nour Samaha is a researcher and analyst based between Beirut and London. As a journalist, she has covered the Middle... read more
Jean-Francois Seznec
Jean-François Seznec is an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies. He is a... read more
John Sheldon
John B Sheldon is chairman and president of ThorGroup, a technology-policy consulting company and publisher of... read more
Kirk H Sowell
Kirk H Sowell is a political-risk analyst and publisher of the biweekly newsletter, Inside Iraqi Politics. read more
Yun Sun
Yun Sun is director of the China program and co-director of the East Asia program at the Stimson Center in Washington,... read more
Ömer Taşpınar
Ömer Taşpınar is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a professor of national-security strategy at the... read more
Begum Toprak
Begum Toprak is a nom de plume of a Turkish journalist living in Istanbul. read more
Steve Tsang
Steve Tsang is professor of Chinese studies and director of the China Institute at SOAS, University of London. He is... read more
Ellen R Wald
Ellen R Wald is a historian, policy expert and business consultant. She is the author of “Saudi, Inc: The Arabian... read more
Faisal Al Yafai
Faisal Al Yafai is currently writing a book on the Middle East and is a frequent commentator on international TV news... read more
Sarah Yerkes
Sarah Yerkes is a senior fellow in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East program. read more