Speaker

Ambassador Karim Haggag is a career Egyptian diplomat with over 25 years of service in Egypt’s diplomatic corps. He is currently a Senior Advisor at LYNX Strategic Business Advisors, Egypt’s leading government relations and public policy consultancy. He is also a Professor of Practice at the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) at the American University in Cairo, and a non-resident fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Throughout his diplomatic career, he has served in numerous positions focusing Middle East regional security, arms control and non-proliferation, and Arab-Israeli diplomacy. In addition to his diplomatic assignments he was also a visiting professor at the Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies National Defense University in Washington DC (2011-2013). He is a graduate of The American University in Cairo, and has earned an MA in war studies from King’s College in London.