Mohammed Soliman is the director of the Strategic Technologies and Cyber Security Program at the Middle East Institute, where he leads a global team of scholars to explore the policy challenges associated with the intersection of technology, geopolitics, and business in the Middle East and emerging markets more broadly. He is also a visiting fellow with the National Security Program at Third Way. Mr. Soliman has written for or been quoted by The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, USA Today, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, and The National Interest, and has appeared on the BBC, France 24, and Deutsche Welle. He frequently speaks at conferences and has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters on emerging markets, geopolitics, and global technology policy.

Mr. Soliman has additionally served as a country analyst for the Peace Tech Lab at the US Institute of Peace, as a Huffington Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, and as a Junior Centennial Fellow at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service. A native of Cairo, Mr. Soliman began his career as an engineer and worked as a consultant, providing strategic advisory services for local and international businesses. He was included on the 2021 CSIS National Security & Foreign Affairs Top 50 Leadership List and is a Middle East Policy Council 40 Under 40 awardee.

Education
Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS), Georgetown University; BSc in Infrastructure Engineering, Egypt Aviation Academy

Regions of Expertise
Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Iran, Sudan, North Africa, Israel

Issues of Expertise
U.S. Middle East policy, AI, Cryptocurrency, Internet of Things (IoT), Geopolitics of 5G, Information warfare, Business diplomacy, Political economy

Languages
Arabic, English, German, Persian, Turkish

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Contact Information

Email: msoliman@mei.edu

Twitter Handle: @ThisIsSoliman

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