TRENDS Research and Advisory

Yousef Juma Al-Haddad

Non-resident fellow - Editor-in-Chief Nation Shield Journal - United Arab Emirates

Dr. Ilai Saltzman

Non-Resident Researcher, University of Maryland.

Dr. Jean-Marc Rickli

Non-Resident Fellow, Emerging Technologies and Transformation of Warfare - Switzerland

Dr. José Ronaldo Souza Júnior

Director Macroeconomics Policy and Research, IPEA - Brazil

Dr. Alexander Cooley

Director, Harriman Institute; Claire Tow Professor of Political Science , Barnard College; Columbia University , Central Asian Studies

Dr. Wael Saleh

Associate Professor at Montreal Institute of International Studies - University of Quebec - Canada

Alaa Jumaa Hassan

Researcher, Expert on Middle East Affairs

Omar Al Busaidy

Non-Resident Fellow, Author and International Affairs Analyst - UAE

Jonathan H. Ferziger

Non-resident senior fellow, The Atlantic Council , American-Israeli Journalist - Israel

Yigal Carmon

Non-Resident Fellow,President and Founder Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) - Israel

Mohammed Khalfan Al-Sawafi

Non-Resident Fellow, International Relations

Scott D. Smith

Non Residents Fellow - Economic Expert-Economic Studies.

Dr. Mamdouh G. Salameh

Non-Resident Fellow, Expert, The Economics of Oil and Energy

Chris Doyle

Non-Resident Fellow, International Relations

Dr. Abdelkader Filali

Non-Resident Fellow, Expert, Middle East Affairs

Dr. Ziad Najjar

Non-Resident Fellow, expert in public health

Neil Boister

Non-Resident Fellow, Transnational Criminal Law and Organized Crime

Sara Zeiger

Non-Resident Fellow, International Relations & Counter-Terrorism

Christopher Coker

Non-Resident Fellow, Warfare, Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency

Andreas Schleicher

Non-Resident Fellow, Education and Economy

Ambassador Alberto Fernandez

Non-Resident Fellow, Middle East Politics and Media

Geoffrey Harris

Non-Resident Fellow, EU Politics and International Relations

Estella Carpi

Non-Resident Fellow, Social Anthropology

Dr. Naved Bakali

Non-Resident Fellow, Education and Youth Identity

Jaron Rothkop

Non-Resident Fellow, Sustainable Technology

James Prince

Non-Resident Fellow, Counter Extremism and Civil Society Development

Ibrahim Bakri

Non-Resident Fellow, International Relations & Development

Nadia Crevecoeur

Non-Resident Fellow, Gender, Conflict & Security

Mona Alami

Non-Resident Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council

Michiel den Hod

Non-Resident Fellow, Middle East Politics

Piotr Dutkiewicz

Non-Resident Fellow, Russian & Eurasian Politics & Society

Richard Woodward

Non-Resident Fellow, International Economics

Yong Wang

Non-Resident Fellow, Global Political Economy and Chinese Foreign Policy

Abdullah bin Khaled al-Saud

Non-Resident Fellow, Terrorism and Security

Andrew Staniforth

Non-Resident Fellow, Counter Terrorism & National Security

Prof. Dr. Martin Leiner

Director of the Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS)

The Executive Director of the IMF, United Nations Special Envoy for the 2030 Agenda , The UN Former Senior Vice President for the 2030 Development Agenda, UN Relations, and Partnerships , The World Bank

Dr. Nath Aldalala’a

Non-Resident Fellow, Professor of International Relations, Shandong University, China.

Dr. Daniel Schatz

Non-Resident Fellow at TRENDS and an International Security Program Fellow with New America in Washington D.C.

Professor Klaus Larres

Professor of History and International Affairs, University of North Carolina - United States of America

Dr. Nourhan El-Sheikh

Professor of International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University

Dr. Lorenzo Vidino

Non-Resident Fellow, Extremism and Security

Dr. Omar Al-Ubaydli

Non-Resident Fellow, Expert, The Economics of the Arabian Gulf Countries

Abdullah Al-Junaid

Bahraini writer and political analyst , Bahrain

Dr. Hae Won Jeong

Non-Resident Fellow - Assistant Professor of International Relations at Abu Dhabi University

Prof. Ding Long

Non-Resident Fellow - Professor of Middle Eastern studies

Dr. Daniel Kirk

Dean of the College of Education and a Professor of Education at Winona State University, USA

Thi Hien Nguyen

Non-Resident Fellow, Founder/Director, SpaceconneX

Dr. Renny Castaneda

Non-Resident Fellow, The Acting Chair of the Bachelor Program on Security and Strategic Studies of the American University in the Emirates

Dr. Rabah Arezki

Non-Resident Fellow, Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa Region (MNA), The World Bank - USA

Dr. Patrick Schröder

Senior Research Fellow in the Energy, Environment, and Resources Department at Chatham House

Claudia Wallner

Non-Resident Fellow, Expert in Security & Terrorism

Prof. Yossi Mekelberg

Non-Resident Fellow, professor of International Relations

Dr. Sodfa Mohamed Mahmoud

Researcher specializing in Latin American and Caribbean Affairs

Anna Mahjar Barducci

Project Director at the MEMRI Russian Media Research Project, Washington-Jerusalem

Dr. Jennifer M Gidley

Non-Resident Fellow - Psychologist, educator, and academic researcher

Bianca Cefalo

Non-Resident Fellow, Space Systems Thermal Product Manager, Airbus Defense and Space UK

Dr. Qamar-ul Huda

Analyst with Gulf States Analytics - USA

Dr. John Bruni

Non-Resident Fellow - Founder/CEO of SAGE International, Australia

Talmiz Ahmad

Non-Resident Fellow, Expert, Political Islam, Energy Security

Dr. Sapan S. Desai

Non-resident Fellow, Healthcare Data Analytics, Machine Learning, and Vascular Surgery

Anastasia Chisholm

Research Intern at Gulf State Analytics

Ahmad Askar

Non-Resident Fellow - expert in African Affairs

Dr. Ian Taylor

Non-Resident Fellow - Professor in International Relations and African Political Economy

Molly Ellenberg

Non-Resident Researcher - Research Fellow at the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) - USA

Yossi Klein Halevi

Senior fellow at Shalom Hartman Institute - Israel

Francis Aubee

Non-Resident Fellow - expert in African Affairs

Neha Dewan

Non-Resident Fellow, International Relations and Security

Simon Lacey

Non-Resident Fellow, Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide’s Institute for International Trade

Victoria Samson

Non-Resident Fellow - Director for Secure World Foundation - Washington D.C. - USA

Ahmad Shami

Resident Fellow

The Iran-China trade deal: regional implications

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