Dina Arakji

Dina Arakji is a Non-Resident Fellow with the Middle East Institute's Defense and Security Program. Dina currently works at Control Risks, where she tracks and analyses political and security developments and their implications for businesses in the Middle East and North Africa, with a primary focus on Yemen and the Gulf Arab countries. Prior to joining Control Risks, Dina worked as a research assistant at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, Lebanon, focusing on civil-military relations in the Arab states. She also worked with Transparency International’s Defense and Security division and the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED).