Larbi Sadiki is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is a scholar with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. He is an expert in democratization studies and political transitions. Previously, he was a professor at Qatar University, lecturing on international affairs and political science. He was also a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center and senior lecturer and Director of the Middle East Politics programme at the University of Exeter.​

A professor of political sociology at the Sorbonne University in Paris. He was the first president of the opposition Syrian National Council, and was author of “A manifesto for democracy”, among other books.​

An Egyptian academic and researcher, she holds a PhD from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University. Her research focuses on issues of political and social change in the Arab world​.

An Iraqi researcher and academic. He previously served as the head of the Center for International Studies at the University of Baghdad, the Center for Strategic Studies at Al-Bakr University, and the Center for Regional Studies in Libya. He has authored numerous published books and studies on international relations. He holds both a master’s degree and a PhD from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Faculty of International Politics and Strategy.

President of Saint George University of Beirut and Former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in Libya. Mitri has also been a minister in four Lebanese governments: Information, Environment, Administrative Development, and Culture; and Acting Foreign Minister. He is also a member of the Strategic Board of Lebanon's Université Saint-Joseph; the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Palestine Studies; and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. He has lectured in several universities in Lebanon, Europe, and North America.​

Professor of Political Science at Kuwait University. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Exeter in the UK. He served as an advisor at Al-Watan newspaper in Kuwait between 1975 and 1993, and as Director of the Center for Strategic and Future Studies at Kuwait University between 1999 and 2003. He has lectured at numerous Arab and foreign universities and was a visiting professor at Harvard University in the UK between 1999 and 2002. He also served as editor-in-chief of the journal Gulf Studies and participated in several fact-finding committees in various Asian, African, and Arab countries. He is a certified international expert with many international organizations. His research interests focus on political systems in the Gulf states, as well as human rights and civil society in the Middle East.​

Professor of Political Science at the Lebanese University. He obtained a State Doctorate in Political Science from the University of Rennes in France in 1988, and the title of Professor in 2002. He has been a professor at the Lebanese University since 1992 and a visiting professor at several Arab and French universities and research centers. He has authored a number of studies and publications on international affairs in both Arabic and French. He is also a political analyst for Arab and French media outlets​.
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Professor of Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Petra in Amman, Jordan. He holds a Doctorat d’État from the University of Paris II. He completed his secondary education in Ramallah, Palestine, before joining the Faculty of Law at Alexandria University, where he earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Law. He then pursued further studies at the Faculty of Law at the University of Paris II, obtaining a Master’s degree and a Doctorat d’État in Law in 1971. He has taught at the university level since then, beginning at the Faculty of Law at the University of Algiers, and later at the University of Jordan, Kuwait University, several private universities in Jordan, and ultimately at the Faculty of Law at the University of Petra in Amman. He has also served as a visiting professor at foreign universities. His scholarly output is both highly diverse and prolific. He is a member of the editorial boards of several Arab and international journals.​

Professor of Constitutional Law at Mohammed V University in Rabat. He earned his PhD in Constitutional Law from the University of Montpellier in France. He is the author of a book on the political system in Morocco titled Le paysage politique marocain, and contributed to a volume on social mobilization titled L’action collective: de la mobilisation des ressources à la prise de parole. He has been actively engaged in numerous academic activities, including serving as coordinator of the research and study team on parliament at the Faculty of Law in Rabat. He is also known for his openness to interdisciplinary approaches, having contributed to many studies carried out at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in Rabat. He has numerous publications and scholarly contributions​.

Associate Researcher at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. A Palestinian academic, his publications cover Zionism and Israel, the Palestinian Cause and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Muhareb earned his PhD in Political Science from the University of Reading in the UK.

A Jordanian researcher. Hamarneh was Director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Georgetown for nearly 15 years and has served as Chairman of the Board of Jordan Radio and Television Corporation as well as Chairman of Al Sijill monthly magazine. He is also a founding member of EuroMeSCo as well as the Arab Reform Initiative. Hamarneh received his MA and PhD from Georgetown University.​

Professor of political science, at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science and the director of the Center for the Study of Developing Countries ,Cairo University, Guiza, Egypt.

Director of the Amman Center for Human Rights Studies. He holds a PhD in Political Science and is an expert on human rights and civil society issues. He has served as a part-time lecturer at Jordanian universities and has been the Director of the Amman Center for Human Rights Studies since 2000.​