THE FIRM
About
A Beirut-based foresight house reading the Levant from inside it.
Proximity is the method.
Most analysis of the Levant is written from outside it. Ours is not. We work the region from Beirut: analysts, sources, and networks shaped by daily proximity to what they analyze.
Distance flattens nuance. Proximity creates it.
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The people
Our team
Our team brings together analysts, researchers, and operators with direct experience across government, multilateral institutions, and the field. Each member contributes to the firm's analytical production from a distinct vantage.

Former senior political and security advisor to the Lebanese government and state institutions, with direct experience in statecrafting, negotiation, and crisis management at the highest levels of government across the MENA region. Drives Core Group's political networking and strategic vision development.

Political scientist and lecturer at Saint Joseph University. Has consulted for international think tanks, academic institutions, and corporate clients on geopolitical risk in the Levant. Leads the methodological, epistemological, and theoretical foundational development behind Convergence.

Previously at the United Nations and the Prime Minister's Office, with extensive field experience across conflict-affected environments. Expert in data integration, public policy reform, and conflict transformation. Leads the technical and operational development of Core Group's services and products.

Background in international security, geopolitical risk, and open-source analysis. Leads strategic monitoring of regional escalation patterns and conducts systemic analysis of governance structures and foreign influence across the MENA region.

Computational neuroscientist with experience building data processing pipelines for clinical research. Designs the database architecture, indexing systems, and analytical workflows that underpin Convergence, translating raw data streams into structured, queryable insight.

Trained in public international law, with a background in the French defense ecosystem at the DGA. Brings the legal and security reading to the firm's analysis, focused on the history and reform of the region's security systems.

Background in security and Levantine politics, with work at the UN human rights office (OHCHR) in Beirut and field research in Shatila and the Beqaa. Contributes governance and field analysis to the firm's production, focused on conflict and crisis in Lebanon, internal and external.
The place
Our office
Our work integrates structured analytical products, applied strategic advisory, and analysis-informed mediation, delivered on cycles calibrated to the speed at which the situation changes.
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For why the firm exists, read our story.
For how we are funded and governed, see our transparency disclosures.
For analytical roles in Beirut, view open positions.