The Carnegie Middle East Center is an independent policy research institute based in Beirut, Lebanon, and part of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The center provides in-depth analysis of the political, socioeconomic, and security issues facing the Middle East and North Africa. It draws its scholarship from a pool of top regional experts, working in collaboration with Carnegie’s other research centers in Beijing, Brussels, Moscow, New Delhi, and Washington.
The center aims to impact policymakers and major stakeholders by offering fresh insight and ideas that cultivate a deeper understanding of the region and by developing new approaches to the challenges of countries in transition.
An advisory council comprised of distinguished national and international leaders from the policy, business, expert, and civil society sectors of countries across the Middle East provides the center with advice and support.
Advisory Council
- HRH Prince Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah El-Alaoui
Consulting Professor
Harvard University - Mr. Ibrahim Dabdoub
Chief Executive Officer (retired)
National Bank of Kuwait - Mr. Said Darwazah
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Hikma Pharmaceuticals - Mr. Fouad M.T. Al-Ghanim
Managing Director
Fouad Alghanim & Sons Group of Companies - His Excellency Abdlatif Al-Hamad
Director General
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development - Mr. Ali Al-Husry
Board Director
Capital Bank of Jordan
- Dr. Rima Khalaf
Former Executive Secretary
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) - Mr. Samer Khoury
Executive Vice President, Operations
Consolidated Contractors International Company S.A.L. - Dr. Bassma Kodmani
Executive Director
Arab Reform Initiative - Ms. Hutham S. Olayan
President and CEO
Olayan America Corporation - Mr. Mahmoud Shammam
Managing Editor, Newsweek (Arabic edition)
Bureau Chief, Foreign Policy
Center Staff
Location
Emir Bechir Street, Lazarieh Tower
Bldg. No. 2026 1210, 5th flr.
Downtown Beirut, P.O.Box 11-1061
Riad El Solh, Lebanon
