Middle East and North Africa
Research on the Middle East and North Africa focuses on the changing geopolitical landscape and the current and emerging conflict and security challenges in the region.
Our experts
Dr Tobias Borck
Senior Research Fellow, Middle East Security
International Security
Tom Keatinge
Director, CFCS
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Dr Neil Melvin
Director, International Security
International Security
Stephen Reimer
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Dr Jack Watling
Senior Research Fellow, Land Warfare
Military Sciences
Dr Jessica White
Senior Research Fellow
Terrorism and Conflict
Fellows
Ali Ansari
Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of Iranian History and Director of the Institute for Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews
Marwa Baabbad
Associate Fellow; Researcher and Development Consultant
Professor Sultan Barakat
Senior Associate Fellow - Expert in post-war reconstruction and state-building
The Rt. Hon. Alistair Burt
Distinguished Fellow
Ambassador Jonathan R. Cohen
Distinguished Fellow
Justyna Gudzowska
Associate Fellow
Professor Stig Jarle Hansen
Senior Associate Fellow - Expert in Islamism in the Horn of Africa and the Al-Shabaab group
Jalel Harchaoui
Associate Fellow
Alistair Harris OBE
Associate Fellow
Air Vice-Marshal (Ret’d) Mike Hart CBE
Senior Associate Fellow
Dr H A Hellyer
Senior Associate Fellow
Paulina Izewicz
Associate Fellow
Dr Louise Kettle FRHistS
Associate Fellow; Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Nottingham
Sarah Lain
Associate Fellow
Clovis Meath Baker CMG OBE
Associate Fellow
Dr Ziya Meral
Senior Associate Fellow
Sir William Patey KCMG LLD
Distinguished Fellow
Dr Samuel Ramani
Associate Fellow; Tutor of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
Jonathan Rugman
Senior Associate Fellow
Michael Stephens
Associate Fellow
Related projects
Access relevant projects and programmes on this region.
This programme covers the evolving regional order of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), examining dynamics in and between the region’s countries as well as the region’s place in a changing world.
This research examines how climate change and global energy trends are shaping the geopolitics and security of the Middle East.
RUSI’s project on Iran in the Global Security Context examines developments on the Iranian nuclear issue, their interaction with regional and global security matters, and implications for UK policy.
