- Center for the Middle East of MGIMO University (Russia)
- Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
- Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences - Center for Arab and Islamic Studies (Russia)
- The Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences - Center Europe-Middle East (Russia)
- the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations - Center for the Middle East Studies (Russia)
- Russian International Affairs Council – Project: Security System in the Middle East (Russia)
- Arab Reform Initiative (France)
- Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (AJCS) (Qatar)
- Al Sharq Forum – Al Sharq Strategic Research (Turkey)
- American University of Beirut - Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (Lebanon)
- Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Bahrain)
- Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs – Middle East Initiative (United States)
- Brookings Doha Center (Qatar)
- Brooking Institution – Center for Middle East Policy (United States)
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – Middle East Program (United States)
- Carnegie Middle East Center (Lebanon)
- The Carter Center (United States)
- Center for Arab Unity Studies (CAUS) (Lebanon)
- Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) – Middle East Program (United States)
- Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (Switzerland)
- The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM) (Turkey)
- Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) – Middle East & North Africa (United States)
- Chatham House – Middle East and North Africa Programme (United Kingdom)
- Economic Research Forum (Egypt)
- The Elcano Royal Institute - Mediterranean & Middle East (Spain)
- European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) – Middle East and North Africa Programme (Pan-European)
- European Institute of the Mediterranean (Spain)
- Geneva Center for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) – Middle East and North Africa (Switzerland)
- German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) – Middle East and North Africa Program (Germany)
- German Development Institute – Middle East and North Africa (Germany)
- German Institute for International and Security Affairs – Middle East and North Africa (Germany)
- The Gulf Research Center (Saudi Arabia)
- Institute for International and Strategic Studies (IISS) – Middle East Programme (United Kingdom)
- Institute for National Security Studies (Israel)
- Institute for Political and International Studies (Iran)
- Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) – Mediterranean and Middle East Program (Italy)
- International Crisis Group (ICG) – Middle East & North Africa (Belgium)
- Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) – Middle East and North Africa Centre (Italy)
- London School of Economics (LSE) – Middle East Centre (United Kingdom)
- Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (Lebanon)
- Middle East Institute (United States)
- the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel-Aviv University
- Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) (United States)
- RAND Corporation – Center for Middle East Public Policy (CMEPP) (United States)
- Robert Schuman Centre for Advance Studies (RSCAS) – Middle East Directions Programme (MEDirections) (Italy)
- Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES) (Morocco)
- SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (Turkey)
- Tunisian Institute for Strategic Studies (ITES) (Tunisia)
- Washington Institute for Near East Policy (United States)
- Wilson Center – Middle East Program (United States)
