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Dania Arayssi

Non-Resident Senior Fellow

Dania Arayssi, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Middle East Center at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of Colorado-Boulder, specializing in comparative politics and public policy. Her dissertation examines how remittances influence political behavior in Lebanon.

Arayssi, originally from Beirut, Arayssi has conducted research across the Middle East and United States on political economy, political behavior, and institutional trust. She holds master’s degrees in History of International Relations, Public Policy, and Political Science, and a bachelor’s in International Affairs. Her experience includes roles with the World Bank, USAID, Oxfam America, and the U.S. Army War College. Her work has been published in Foreign Policy and the Digest of Middle East Studies, and she has appeared in media interviews.

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