Dalia Ghanem is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Conflict and Security Program at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. Her research focuses on Middle Eastern and North African politics, including issues of political violence, radicalization, civil-military relations, and gender studies. Previously, Ghanem served as Director of the MENA Program and Senior Analyst at the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), an EU agency, where her research focused on the intricate interplay between the Middle East, North Africa, and the European Union. Prior to her tenure at EUISS, Ghanem was a Senior Resident Scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where she worked extensively on Algeria’s complex political, economic, and security landscape.