Dania Koleilat Khatib Co-founder and President of the Research Center for Cooperation and Peace Building.

Dania is the co-founder and President of the Research Center for Cooperation and Peace Building (RCCP), a Lebanese NGO focused on Track II diplomacy. She has published several papers and books, including The Syrian Crisis: Effects on Regional and International Relations (2020), The Arab Lobby: Factors for Success and Failure (2016), and The Arab Gulf States and the West: Perceptions and Realities – Opportunities and Perils (2019). Her newest book is Regional Competition and Conflicts in MENA: From the Arab Spring to the Gaza War (2025). She is a weekly columnist for the Saudi newspaper Arab News and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Arab Institute, Beirut.