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MEI is pleased to host an expert panel previewing the 2024 technology landscape, focusing on the Middle East’s contributions, concerns, and how the region is being affected. The discussion will revolve around emerging technology trends and associated risks likely to dominate next year, from the rise of increasingly convincing generative Artificial Intelligence to more prevalent use of smart sensors to the impact of dual-use technologies and beyond.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Middle East Institute (MEI) are proud to co-host an exclusive panel on the sidelines of this year’s Annual IMF/World Bank Meetings in Marrakech on the topic of economic structural reforms in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA).

As President Joe Biden approaches the three-year mark of his first term and as the next election campaign kicks off, MEI is pleased to host an expert panel offering a comprehensive assessment of the Biden administration’s approach to the broader Middle East and North Africa region (MENA).

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has highlighted NATO’s front line as vital for collective defense. The United States’ leadership of the West and its investments in Central and Eastern Europe are now being streamlined into a policy to support Ukraine and strengthen key NATO allies in the region. In turn, Poland and Romania, as anchors of the Alliance's eastern front line, are adapting their defense postures in line with NATO and in response to Russia’s aggression.