Lion of Babylon, Babil, Iraq, 2015

Painting, acrylic on canvas, by Dave Gordon, 2016

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, with a focus 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

Magreb

• Association 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 Excellance– 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)​