How UK-MENA AI Cooperation Could Facilitate Securing Critical Minerals Supply Chains

The UK is in a pivotal moment to proactively advance its strategic interests through AI diplomacy in energy and technology with partners in MENA.
Arielle Vogel Valk is an Associate Researcher at the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum (MENAF) and a former fellow of the inaugural Young Leaders’ Initiative, where she conducted research on Arab-Israeli relations in the context of the ongoing Middle East war. She has since worked in the Startup segment at Amazon Web Services (AWS), following several years in the Israeli public sector. Her previous roles include serving as Deputy Defence and Military Attaché to the Visegrád Group—Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia—as well as Slovenia, representing the Israeli Ministry of Defence. In this capacity, she worked to strengthen diplomatic and defence technology cooperation across the region. Arielle holds a Bachelor of Science in International Political Economy from City, University of London.

The UK is in a pivotal moment to proactively advance its strategic interests through AI diplomacy in energy and technology with partners in MENA.