The YLI aims to bring together talented students and young professionals in the United Kingdom, who have a keen interest in the key strategic issues impacting the Middle East and North Africa region.
The Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum’s Young Leaders’ Initiative (YLI) aims to bring together talented students and young professionals in the United Kingdom, who have a keen interest in the key strategic issues impacting the Middle East and North Africa region. The programme aims to create a network of emerging leaders in academia, policy analysis and the private sector, foster progressive collaboration between their respective disciplines, and encourage productive policy discussions and the sharing of innovative ideas surrounding the political, economic and security affairs of the Middle East and North Africa region.
The YLI will not only equip participants with a nuanced understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing today’s Middle East and North Africa region, but will also provide a platform for networking and collaboration with leading experts in the policy analysis and policymaking fields.
The programme is comprised of an online seminar series and a conference held in Cambridge. The seminar series will feature distinguished experts from academic, policy, and industry backgrounds, who – besides discussing alliances, bilateral and multilateral relations, expanding influence through economic means, and the emerging axis of security cooperation in the Middle East and North Africa – will steer immersive and constructive debates between participants about specific policy challenges and opportunities impacting the region.
Participants will use the knowledge gathered throughout the seminar series to draft an original piece of policy analysis of c. 2,500 words.
The in-person conference, to be held in Cambridge will include strategic roundtable discussions, diplomats’ sessions, and Cambridge-style supervisions. The latter will allow participants to refine their policy brief with the support and guidance of distinguished academics.
Participants will receive editorial support for the finalisation of their article and select pieces will be published on the Forum’s in-house publication platform, Manara Magazine, or in a UK- or internationally-based current affairs magazine.
Participants will get the opportunity to maintain close relations with the Forum and engage with its London-based and regional network of policy analysts and practitioners.
The programme focuses on three thematic areas of cooperation between countries of the Middle East and North Africa region and their international partners:
Participants will have the opportunity to:
The Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum’s Young Leaders’ Initiative (YLI) aims to bring together talented students and young professionals in the United Kingdom, who have a keen interest in the key strategic issues impacting the Middle East and North Africa region. The programme aims to create a network of emerging leaders in academia, policy analysis and the private sector, foster progressive collaboration between their respective disciplines, and encourage productive policy discussions and the sharing of innovative ideas surrounding the political, economic and security affairs of the Middle East and North Africa region.
The YLI will not only equip participants with a nuanced understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing today’s Middle East and North Africa region, but will also provide a platform for networking and collaboration with leading experts in the policy analysis and policymaking fields.
The programme is comprised of an online seminar series and a conference held in Cambridge. The seminar series will feature distinguished experts from academic, policy, and industry backgrounds, who – besides discussing alliances, bilateral and multilateral relations, expanding influence through economic means, and the emerging axis of security cooperation in the Middle East and North Africa – will steer immersive and constructive debates between participants about specific policy challenges and opportunities impacting the region.
Participants will use the knowledge gathered throughout the seminar series to draft an original piece of policy analysis of c. 2,500 words.
The in-person conference, to be held in Cambridge, will include strategic roundtable discussions, diplomats’ sessions, and Cambridge-style supervisions. The latter will allow participants to refine their policy brief with the support and guidance of distinguished academics.
Participants will receive editorial support for the finalisation of their article and select pieces will be published on the Forum’s in-house publication platform, Manara Magazine, or in a UK- or internationally-based current affairs magazine.
Participants will get the opportunity to maintain close relations with the Forum and engage with its London-based network of policy analysts and practitioners.
The programme focuses on three thematic areas of cooperation between countries of the Middle East and North Africa region and their international partners:
Participants will have the opportunity to:
The YLI aims to bring together talented students and young professionals in the United Kingdom, who have a keen interest in the key strategic issues impacting the Middle East and North Africa region.
The YLI aims to bring together talented students and young professionals in the United Kingdom, who have a keen interest in the key strategic issues impacting the Middle East and North Africa region.
Essential requirements:
Additional desirable but non-essential requirements:
Send your CV and statement (up to 250 words) detailing your interest in the programme to Ms Tugela Pepin at t.pepin@cmenaf.org.
