Guides: Public Policy Research Think Tanks: Middle East & North Africa

Top Think Tanks in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) -- Israel
Carnegie Middle East Center -- Lebanon
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies -- Egypt
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (AJCS) -- Qatar
Brookings Doha Center -- Qatar
Emirates Policy Center -- United Arab Emirates
OCP Policy Center -- Morocco
International Institute for Iranian Studies, Rasanah – Saudi Arabia
Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) -- Israel
Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) -- Turkey
Egyptian Center for Economic Studies -- Egypt
Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches en Sciences Sociales (CERSS) -- Morocco
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies -- Israel
Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research -- United Arab Emirates
King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre -- Saudi Arabia
Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) -- Turkey
Association for Liberal Thinking (ALT) -- Turkey
Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace -- Israel
Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) -- Egypt
Dubai Public Policy Research Center -- United Arab Emirates
European Stability Initiative -- Turkey
Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES) -- Morocco
Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies -- Israel
Libyan Organization of Policies and Strategies (Loops) -- Libya
Economic Research Forum -- Egypt
The Reut Institute -- Israel
Egyptian Council for Foregin Affairs (ECFA) -- Egypt
Center of Arab Women for Training and Research -- Egypt
Institut Tunisien des Études Stratégiques (ITES) -- Tunisia
Emirates Diplomatic Academy -- United Arab Emirates
Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies -- Bahrain
CARE -- Algeria
Moroccan Institute for International Relations -- Morocco
Middle East Research Institute -- Iraq
Center for Arab Unity Studies (CAUS) -- Lebanon
King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies -- Saudi Arabia
Mitvim – The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies -- Israel
Al-Quds Center for Political Studies -- Jordan
Sadeq Institute -- Libya
Arab Thought Forum -- Jordan
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies -- Qatar
International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) -- Israel
Contemporary Center for Studies and Policy Analysis (Medad) -- Palestine
Institut Amadeus -- Morocco
Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress (ICSEP) -- Israel
Gulf Research Center (GRC) -- United Arab Emirates
International Strategic Research Organization (USAK) -- Turkey
Arab Planning Institute (API) -- Kuwait
Al Urdun Al Jadid Research Organization (UJRC) -- Jordan
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies -- Israel
Bahrain Center for Human Rights -- Bahrain
Arab Reform Initiative -- France
Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies (ICDS) -- Egypt
Arava Institute -- Israel
Center of Strategic and Futuristic Studies (CSFS) -- Kuwait
Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) -- Lebanon
Van Leer Jerusalem Institute (VLJI) -- Israel
Maurice Falk Institute for Economic Research -- Israel
Centre de Recherche en economie Appliquee pour le Development -- Algeria
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) -- Kuwait
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) -- Israel
Egyptian Center for Public Policy Studies -- Egypt
Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations -- Lebanon
Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research -- United Arab Emirates
Institut Francais de Recherche en Iran (IFRI) -- Iran
Maghreb Economic Forum -- Tunisia
Tunisian Observatory for a Democratic Transition -- Tunisia
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) -- Lebanon
Tawasul -- Oman
Center for Turkey's Economic and Strategic Studies -- Turkey
Arab Forum for Alternatives (AFA) -- Egypt
Al Rai Center for Studies -- Jordan
Arab Institute For Security Studies -- Jordan
Palestinian Center for Peace and Democracy -- Palestine
Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research -- Israel
Centre for Mediterranean and International Studies -- Tunisia
Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey -- Turkey
Future Center for Advanced Researches and Studies -- United Arab Emirates
Group of Studies and Research in the Mediterranean -- Morocco
Al Sharq Forum -- Turkey
Sheba Center for Strategic Studies (SCSS) -- Yemen
Hammurabi Center for Research & Strategic Studies -- Iraq
Lebanese Institute for Market Studies -- Lebanon
Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies -- Jordan
Avinoam Bar-JPPPI -- Israel
Institute for Political and International Studies -- Iran
Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies -- Israel
Istanbul Policy Center -- Turkey
Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies -- Israel
Center for Strategic Research (SAM) -- Turkey
Kheireddine Institute -- Tunisia
Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research -- Palestine
PalThink for Strategic Studies -- Palestine
Organization for Defending Rights & Democratic Freedoms -- Yemen
Land Research Center -- Jerusalem
Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network -- Palestine
Le Centre d’Études et de Recherches Aziz Belal (CERAB) -- Morocco
Kohelet Policy Forum -- Israel
Arab Center for Scientific Research and Human Studies -- Morocco
Institute of National Planning -- Egypt
Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises -- Morocco
Strategic Fiker Center for Studies – Lebanon