MERI Forum Speakers (Alphabetically listed)
The Levant and Iraq Forum Network
- Ahmed Al-Tabaqchali, Atlantic Council Iraq Initiative
- Ahmed Mufti, Deputy Minister, KRG Ministry of Natural Resources
- Ali Al-Zaidi, Prime Minister of Iraq
- Amani Ghazi Jarrar, Arab Thought Forum, Amman, Jordan
- Ammar Kahf, Executive Director of Omran Center for Strategic Studies
- Amy Austin Holmes, Research Professor at George Washington University, USA
- Antti Putkonen, Ambassador of Finland to Iraq
- Ashraf Al-Dahan, General Director NGO Department
- Aziz Ahmad, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, KRG
- Bafel Talabani, Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
- Bilal Wahab, President. American University of Iraq, Sulaimani
- Dlawer Ala’Aldeen, President, Middle East Research Institute (MERI)
- Elham Ahmed, The Foreign Relations Committee, The People’s Assembly of Syrian
- Hiwa Osman, Journalist, +964 Media
- Jabar Yawar, Former Secretary General of Ministry of Peshmarga
- Kamaran Palani, Associate Fellow, Middle East Research Institute
- Khogir Wirya, Senior Research Fellow, The Middle East Research Institute
- Makram Ouaiss, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies
- Mazlum Abdi, Adviser to the Presidency of Syria, Former SDF Commander
- Mohammed Elwiya, President, Ishtar Centre for Democracy Support, Iraq
- Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, Former Prime Minister of Iraq
- Najib Ghadbian, Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Syria
- Nasir Haj Mansour, Syrian Center for Studies and Dialogue
- Nechirvan Barzani, President of Kurdistan Region of Iraq
- Niccolò Fontana, Ambassador of Italy to Iraq
- Omer Shaban, Pal-Think for Strategic Studies
- Qasim Al-Aboudi, National Security Advisor
- Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government
- Radu Dobre, Ambassador of Romania to Iraq
- Raed Hijazein, Vice Chairman of Board of Directors, RT Bank
- Rasha Fityan, Politics and Society Institute, Jordan
- Rebar Ahmed, Minister of Interior, Kurdistan Regional Government
- Saad Salloum, Founder, Masarat Foundation
- Sabah Al-Numan, Spokesperson for the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces
- Said Baha Al-Masri, Arab Thought Forum
- Samir Fakhri Nima, Director General of Statistics & Research, Central Bank of Iraq
- Sarhang Hamasaeed, Dialogue and Peace-Building Expert, USA
- Sherwan Yousif, DeFacto Dialogue Platform
- Tuncer Bakırhan, Co-Chair, People’s Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, Turkiye
- Zozan Alloush, Independent Development and Political Consultant, Syria
- Ziryan Rojhelati, Director of Rudaw Research Center