Middle East Think Tanks

Egypt

• Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies-Egypt (ACPSS) Cairo-based think thank.

• Center for Political Research and Studies

• Egypt’s International Economic Forum

• Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES)

  • Dr. Abla Abdel Latif, Executive Director and Director of Research

  • Diaa Noureldin, Senior Advisor (Consultant)

  • Sahar Aboud, Principal Economist (Consultant)
    Rama Said, Senior Economist (Consultant)
    Racha Seif El-Dine, Senior Economist
    Nadine Abdel Raouf, Economist

  • Yara Helal, Economist
    Mohamed Hosny, Economist

• Egyptian Council for Foreign Relations

• Institute of National Planning

Gulf States

• Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (Qatar)

• Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies Doha-based think thank. (Qatar)

• Arab Planning Institute (Kuwait)

• B'Huth: Dubai Public Policy Research Centre (United Arab Emirates)

• Bahrain Center for Studies and Research (BCSR) (Bahrain)

• Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Bahrain)

• Brookings Doha Center, The Washington-based think tank's Doha office. (Qatar)

  • Ranj Alaaldin, Brookings Doha Fellow

  • Noha Aboueldahab, Brookings Doha Fellow

• Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) Doha-based (Qatar)

• Center for Strategic and Future Studies (Kuwait)

• Diplomatic Center for Strategic Studies and Future Studies (Kuwait)

• Dubai School of Government (DSG) (United Arab Emirates)

• Economic Policy and Research Center (United Arab Emirates)

• Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research-UAE (ECSSR) (United Arab Emirates)

• Future Center for Advanced Researches and Studies (United Arab Emirates)

• Gulf Research Center (United Arab Emirates)

• The Institute for Near East & Gulf Military Analysis (INEGMA) (United Arab Emirates)

• King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre (Saudi Arabia)

• Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (Kuwait)

• Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research (United Arab Emirates)

• Tawasul (Oman)

Iran

• Center for Scientific Research and Middle East Strategic Studies

• Center for Strategic Studies

• Foundation for Iranian Studies

• Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies

• Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies (IMESS)

• Institute for Political and International Studies-Iran (IPIS)

• Research Institute of Strategic Studies (RISS)

• Strategic Majlis Research Center

• The Tehran International Studies Research Institute

Iraq

• Bayan Center, Baghdad-based policy center. Twitter: @BayanCenter

  • Ali Al Mawlawi, Researcher

• Iraqi Center for Research and Strategic Studies

• ​IRIS, Sulaimani-based policy research institute focused on the Middle East | Twitter: @IRISmideast

  • Mac Skelton, Director

• Middle East Research Institute (Iraq)

Israel-Palestine

• Ariel Center for Policy Research (ACPR)

• Arab Studies Society

• Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem, Palestine

• Badil, studying the Palestinian question.

• Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies-Israel (BESA)

• Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy

• Contemporary Center for Studies and Policy Analysis (Palestine)

• Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center-Israel

• Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace (Israel)

• Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies (IASPS)

• International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (Israel)

• Institute for National Security Studies-Israel

• Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress (Israel)

• Israel Democracy Institute

• Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information

• Issam Sartawi for the Advancement of Peace and Democracy (ISCAPD)

• Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (Israel)

• Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies (Israel)

• Kohelet Policy Forum (Israel)

• Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations

• Maurice Falk Institute for Economic Research (Israel)

• Mitvim– The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies (Israel)

• Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies-Israel

• National Security Studies Center

• Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA)

• Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research (PSR)

• Palthink for Strategic Studies (Palestine)

• Peace Research Institute in the Middle East (PRIME)

• Reut Institute

• Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research

• Zaytouna Center

• Van Leer Jerusalem Institute (Israel)

Jordan

• Al-Quds Center for Political Studies

• Arab Institute for Security Studies

• Arab Thought Forum (Jordan)

• Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) mission is to actively contribute as a civil society organization to a just and stable society, free of inequity and conflict.

• Center for Strategic Studies

• Jordan Institute of Diplomacy (JID)

• Middle East Scientific Institute For Security (MESIS)

Lebanon

• Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultation

• Arab Thought Foundation كتاب التقرير العربي للتنمية

• The Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS), The ACSS serves as a forum for debates around social phenomena, focusing on dialogues surrounding academic freedom, freedom of speech, and expression.

• Carnegie Middle East Center, a private non-profit organization promoting international engagement for the U.S. It is the Washington-based think tank's Beirut office. Twitter: @CarnegieMEC

  • Maha Yahya, Carnegie Middle East Director

• Centre d'études pour le monde arabe moderne, Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut, Lebanon).

• Centre for Arab Unity Studies-Lebanon (CAUS)

• Center for Strategic Studies Research and Documentation

• Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

• Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS)

• International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

• Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS)

• Lebanese Institute for Market Studies

• Phoenix Center for Lebanese Studies

• MaghrebAssociation des Etudes Internationales (AEI)Tunisian think tank. (Tunisia)

• The Moroccan Interdisciplinary Center for Strategic and International Studies Kingdom of Morocco

• National Institute for Global Strategic Studies, Also known as Institut national d’études de strategie globale

• Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (Morrocco)

• Sadeq Institute (Libya)

• Tunisian Institute for Strategic Studies (Tunisia)

Turkey

• Association for Liberal Thinking

• Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

• Centre of Excellence– Defense Against Terrorism

• Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey

• Foreign Policy Institute-Turkey (FPI)

• International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

• Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)

• Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies (TACSS)