/r/Geopolitics will be hosting Emily Hawthorne and Ryan Bohl, MENA analysts at Stratfor, the world's leading geopolitical intelligence platform. The AMA is scheduled to run Monday February 25, 2019 until Thursday February 28, 2019, our subscribers are welcome to submit questions in advance. Questions and discussion must be relevant to the Middle East and North Africa region, thank you.

Founded in 1996, Stratfor is a geopolitical forecasting firm. The company brings global events into valuable perspective, empowering businesses, governments and individuals to more confidently navigate their way through an increasingly complex international environment.

Founded on the principle that transformative world events are not random, but are in fact predictable, Stratfor analyses and forecasts reveal the underlying significance and future implications of emerging developments.

Emily Hawthorne is a Middle East and North Africa analyst at Stratfor. She joined Stratfor in 2016. She monitors political, business and security developments across the region, with a special focus on North Africa and Gulf Cooperation Council member states. Prior to working at Stratfor, Ms. Hawthorne worked as the regional director for a U.S. media company in Dubai. Ms. Hawthorne holds a bachelor's and a master's degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where she completed research theses on Islamic law and the global halal food trade in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. She speaks fluent Arabic and has lived and worked in Morocco, Egypt, France and the United Arab Emirates.

Ryan Bohl is Stratfor's other Middle East and North Africa analyst. He joined in 2017. He holds a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in education from Arizona State University, where he studied Middle Eastern history and education. He studied a summer at St. Catherine's College at the University of Cambridge and lived for five years in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Before joining Stratfor, Mr. Bohl taught in Arizona, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and New York City while freelancing as a writer and analyst and producing his own geopolitical weekly. His main areas of interest including the Persian Gulf states, the intersection between culture and geopolitics, and the wider strategic trends of global actors.

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