Ebtesam Al Ketbi FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, EMIRATES POLICY CENTER

Dr Al-Ketbi is a Professor of Political Science at the United Arab Emirates University and was appointed the Consultative Commission Member of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The Arabian Business magazine featured her among the 50 Most Influential Women in the Arab world, and she also received the Women Super Achiever Award during the World Women Leadership Congress. In 2021, she was the Global Commission for Post-Pandemic Policy advisor. She is currently a Member of the Board of Directors of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, the Global Advisory Board of the Observer Research Foundation in India, the Advisory Council of the Middle East Institute in Washington, and the International Advisory Board of the Italian Med-Or Foundation. She has published three books; The UAE Power Building Model: Mohamed bin Zayed’s Vision (2022); The UAE Power-Building Model and Foreign Policy Shifts (2021); Iran and the Biden Administration: A Potential Return to Negotiations (2021).