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Human Security Unit Power Vacuums Program Just as weak states leave legitimacy vacuums, they also leave strategic vacuums in which regional powers and armed groups compete.
The Human Security unit analyzes geopolitical competition in contested and ungoverned spaces and the implications for U.S. interests and policy options.
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Programs Human Security Special Initiatives Sustainable Futures
Expert Hassan Abbas Hikmet Karcic Husham Al-Hashimi Imtiaz Ali Bassam Barabandi Alejandro Beutel Azeem Ibrahim Kamran Bokhari Hassan Hassan Faysal Itani Minna Jaffery Dina Dajani Myriam Francois Daryl Johnson Qamar-ul Huda Muqtedar Khan Ariel Cohen Stephen Blank Theodore Karasik Charles Lister Hisham Hellyer Mustafa Akyol Syed Mohammad Ali Rick Rowden Rim-Sarah Alouane Abdullah Al-Ghadhawi Swati Chakraborty Amer Mohamad Jihad Mashamoun Geneive Abdo Adham Sahloul Gen. Robert Spalding Nick Danforth Ilan Berman Sana Sekkarie Jeff Hawn Neil Hauer Geoffrey Aronson Stella Peisch Sami Moubayed Scott Stewart Caroline Rose Nadira Kourt Jacob Shapiro Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff Muhammad Idrees Ahmad Anthony Elghossain Bryan Schaaf Anonymous Aymenn Tamimi Sean Roberts Danny Makki Allison McManus Samia Errazzouki Omar Lamrani Jacob Zenn Wassim Nasr Darren Byler Amira Jadoon Ali Bakir Elisabeth Kendall Amarnath Amarasingam Shweta Desai Gregory Waters Elizabeth Tsurkov Bashshar Haydar Ibrahim Hamidi Rachel Harris Egypt Defense Review Qussai Jukhadar Nick Sturdee Mairbek Vatchagaev Luay al-Khatteeb Rasha Al Aqeedi Michael Clarke Stefanie Kam Amir Toumaj Abdul Sayed Nizar Mohamad Lorraine Charles Ali Hashem Adrian Zenz Emily Prey Narayanappa Janardhan Giorgio Cafiero Asaad Alsaleh Houda Abadi Andrew Mines New Lines Institute Staff Nicholas A. Heras Sinan Ciddi Sim Tack Ryan Bohl Raed Al-Hamid Omar Rahman Yossi Klein Halevi John Packer Erin Farrell Rosenberg Fernand de Varennes Jane Arraf Rachel Rizzo Jim Townsend Jr. Joseph Bunyard Eugene Chausovsky Alison Tahmizian Meuse Michael Shurkin Seth J. Frantzman Kinsey Spears Colin Clarke Neda Bolourchi Genevieve Riccoboni Mohamed Soltan Dr. Amy Austin Holmes Dr. Curtis R. Ryan Rana Sweis Suha Ma’ayeh Dr. Susan Martin Umer Karim Flavius Mihaies Abdulaziz Kilani Antonio Giustozzi Andrea C. Simonelli Meghan Bodette Dana El Kurd Daniel Turner Munira Mustaffa Aram Shabanian John Krzyzaniak Emil Avdaliani Kayla Koontz Inès Daif Stéphane Kenech Yossi Mekelberg Kate Fanning America Lutz Kacey C. Ernst Pablo A. Reyes Castro Leila Barraza Mat Nashed Ryan O’Farrell Spyridon Plakoudas Jake Hanrahan Julian Pawlak Richard Weitz Ben Sohl Claudia Gago Ostos Frederic Hof Allyson Edwards Alice Hickson Riley Moeder Isabella Cuomo Leyla Latypova Shweta Krishnan Jelena Golubović Alexander Söderholm Rob Lee Luka Ivan Jukic James Rushton Cameron Hudson Heiko Wimmen Suleman Ahmed Uzair Younus Hamdallah Baycar Sabina Henneberg Karim Mezran Yasmin Faruki Aaron Clements-Hunt Raza Rumi Dr. Saleem Ali
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