Zineb Riboua

Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

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Zineb Riboua is a research fellow with 华体会鈥檚 Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East.

Biography

Zineb Riboua is a research fellow with 华体会鈥檚 Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. She specializes in Chinese and Russian involvement in the Middle East, the Sahel, and North Africa, great power competition in the region, and Israeli-Arab relations.

Prior to joining 华体会, Ms. Riboua was a research assistant at the Center for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University, where she worked on Jewish identity in Morocco, Moroccan-Israeli relations, and the cultural impacts of the Abraham Accords. 

Ms. Riboua鈥檚 pieces and commentary have been published in the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, the National Interest, the Jerusalem Post, Tablet, and other outlets.

Ms. Riboua is an associate at the Association for Global Political Thought at Harvard University and a member of Tikvah Fund鈥檚 Young Professional Advisory Council.

Ms. Riboua holds a master鈥檚 of public policy from the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and a certificate in international relations and politics from Magdalene College, Cambridge University. She did her undergraduate studies in France, where she attended French preparatory classes and HEC Paris鈥� Grande Ecole program. Ms. Riboua is a native of Morocco, and she speaks Arabic and French.

Events
22
May 2025
Virtual Event | Invitation Only
US-China Rivalry in the Middle East Conference
Featured Speakers:
Senator Ted Cruz
Elliott Abrams
Michael Doran
Mary Kissel
Bernard Haykel
Joshua Meservey
John Lee
Aaron MacLean
Ray Takeyh
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Ellie Cohanim
Jonathan Hessen
Joel Scanlon
Jason Hsu
Dan Blumenthal
Michael Sobolik
Garrett Exner
Ilan Berman
Mike Watson
Moderators:
Liel Leibovitz
Zineb Riboua
Ethan Gutman
Adhwaa Alsaleh
Daniel Samet
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22
May 2025
Virtual Event | Invitation Only
US-China Rivalry in the Middle East Conference

Former policymakers and leading national security experts will join Hudson to assess how China鈥檚 growing influence is reshaping the regional order鈥攁nd how the US should respond.

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Featured Speakers:
Senator Ted Cruz
Elliott Abrams
Michael Doran
Mary Kissel
Bernard Haykel
Joshua Meservey
John Lee
Aaron MacLean
Ray Takeyh
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Ellie Cohanim
Jonathan Hessen
Joel Scanlon
Jason Hsu
Dan Blumenthal
Michael Sobolik
Garrett Exner
Ilan Berman
Mike Watson
Moderators:
Liel Leibovitz
Zineb Riboua
Ethan Gutman
Adhwaa Alsaleh
Daniel Samet
25
April 2025
Past Event
Ambassador Fran莽ois Zimeray on the Arbitrary Detention of Boualem Sansal
Featured Speakers:
Ambassador Fran莽ois Zimeray
Zineb Riboua
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25
April 2025
Past Event
Ambassador Fran莽ois Zimeray on the Arbitrary Detention of Boualem Sansal

With Research Fellow Zineb Riboua, Ambassador Zimeray will examine the legal, political, and strategic implications of Sansal鈥檚 detention and what it reveals about freedom of expression under authoritarian regimes.

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Featured Speakers:
Ambassador Fran莽ois Zimeray
Zineb Riboua
20
March 2025
Past Event
Syria: What鈥檚 Next?
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Can Kasapo臒lu
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua
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20
March 2025
Past Event
Syria: What鈥檚 Next?

Senior Fellows Michael Doran and Can Kasapo臒lu will discuss the evolving situation, what is next for Syria, and the future of US foreign policy in the region with Research Fellow Zineb Riboua.

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Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Can Kasapo臒lu
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua
12
March 2025
Past Event
The US Energy Shift and Its Consequences for the Middle East
Featured Speakers:
Brenda Shaffer
Zineb Riboua
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12
March 2025
Past Event
The US Energy Shift and Its Consequences for the Middle East

Zineb Riboua will interview  Dr. Brenda Shaffer on the geopolitical implications of rising global energy competition, particularly for the Middle East.

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Featured Speakers:
Brenda Shaffer
Zineb Riboua
Nigerien Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangar茅, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Burkinabe Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traor茅 attend a joint press conference following a meeting with foreign ministers of the Confederation of Sahel States in Moscow on April 3, 2025. (Pavel Bednyakov via Getty Images)
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Nigerien Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangar茅, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Burkinabe Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traor茅 attend a joint press conference following a meeting with foreign ministers of the Confederation of Sahel States in Moscow on April 3, 2025. (Pavel Bednyakov via Getty Images)
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Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Commentary
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a ceremony for signing bilateral agreements at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye, on February 18, 2025. (TUR Presidency/Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a ceremony for signing bilateral agreements at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye, on February 18, 2025. (TUR Presidency/Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Commentary
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