Jesse Marks is the CEO of Rihla Research & Advisory, an international consulting firm specializing in the Middle East and Asia. A foreign affairs and strategic policy expert, he advises governments, international organizations, and private sector clients on geopolitical, geoeconomic, security, and development issues, with a focus on China–Middle East relations and regional development. His work draws on his previous role as a Middle East policy adivosr for the U.S. government and over a decade of field experience across the Middle East and eight years analyzing China’s regional engagement. A Schwarzman Scholar, Fulbright Fellow, Boren Scholar, and Scoville Fellow, he holds graduate degrees from the University of Cambridge and Tsinghua University, and his writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and The Washington Post.
