We’re pleased to announce that Dr. Khalid Al-Jaber will assume the position of Director at the ME Council, bringing with him a distinguished record in public policy research, media, and institutional leadership across the Middle East and beyond.

🗞️ Full announcement: mecouncil.org/press_releas...

This Week: “Operation Rising Lion and the Gulf’s Balancing Act”

🗓️ July 16, 2025
🕘 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm (Doha time)
📌 Zoom
🔗 Registration: mecouncil.org?post_type=ev...

@omarrahman.bsky.social‬

Happening today: “Israel-Iran Escalating Confrontation: What is at Stake in the region?”
🗓️ June 18, 2025
🕘 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm (Doha time)
🔗 register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Iran #Israel

Upcoming Webinar: “Israel-Iran Escalating Confrontation: What is at Stake in the region?”

🗓️ June 18, 2025
🕘 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm (Doha time)
📌 Zoom
🔗 register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

An unprecedented close to decades of insurgency challenges Türkiye to navigate a delicate transition, balancing security, political reform and social reconciliation. Özge Genç writes on #Afkar

Read here: mecouncil.org/blog_posts/w...

Upcoming Event: Dossier Launch - Carbon Emissions Reduction Strategies for Qatar

Registration:
www.earthna.qa/summit/summi...

🗓️ April 23, 2025
📌 Bin Jelmood Museum at Musheireb Doha
🕘 9:00 am - 10:30 am

This launch, in collaboration with Earthna, will take place during the Earthna Summit 2025.

This Week: “Shaping a Post-Assad Syria: Lessons from the Arab Spring”

Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📆 March 5, 2025
📷 3:00 PM (Doha time)
📌 via Zoom

Speakers:
Ala Qasem, Eya Jrad, & @tmegrisi.bsky.social
Moderator: Nader Kabbani

This Week: “The Gaza Genocide and the Erosion of Global Order”

📆 February 25, 2025
🕓 4:00 PM (Doha time)
📌 Zoom

Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@franceskalbs.bsky.social, @muhammadshehada.bsky.social, Omar H. Rahman, & moderated by Ahmed Morsy

New Chapter: "LNG Giant and Solar Dreams: Qatar’s Next Energy Chapter" by Justin Dargin

This chapter is part of a collaborative dossier project between the Middle East Council on Global Affairs and Earthna Center for a Sustainable Future.

Access the full chapter here:
mecouncil.org/publication_...

Upcoming Webinar: "Navigating the Digital Frontier: Cybersecurity and Geopolitics in the Middle East"

Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📅 Wednesday, February 12, 2025
🕕 4:00 PM Doha time
📍 Zoom

Panelists:
Bassant Hassib
@jamesshires.bsky.social
Anwar Ghais
@marcowenjones.bsky.social

Episode 8 | "Shifting Landscape of Middle East Cooperation"

In this episode of MEnbar, host @marcowenjones.bsky.social welcomes @galipdalay.bsky.social, a nonresident senior fellow at ME Council, to explore the shifting landscape of Middle East cooperation.

Full Episode:
mecouncil.org/menbar/

Happening Tomorrow: “Women at the Table: Reclaiming Narratives of Peace and Inclusion in the Middle East”

📅 Wednesday, January 29, 2025
🕕 6:00 PM Doha time
📍 Sheraton Grand Doha, Al Rayan
🔗 Registration: forms.gle/heJpYLMbBC7t...

With the collapse of the Assad regime, 2024 concluded with significant regional shifts. In this special Council Views edition, ME Council directors offer insights on key trends and conflicts likely to shape 2025.
Read more: mecouncil.org/blog_posts/m...

Upcoming Webinar: Building a New #Syria After the #Assad Regime
Join @hafsahalawa.bsky.social, @arwadamon.bsky.social, @haidhaid22.bsky.social & Marwan Kabalan
📆15 January
⏱️ 4:00 PM Doha time
📍Zoom
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...