The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) is a consortium of policy analysis institutes, founded in 2005, that mobilizes research capacity to advance democratic change in Arab countries.

Vision and Mission

ARI generates, facilitates, and disseminates knowledge through a network of Arab scholars and intellectuals. In the quest to build free, just and democratic societies, ARI focuses on the current transition processes in the region, and the new patterns of interaction between political and social actors. It provides a space for diverse voices and brings in the key actors in the transitions at play: intellectuals, activists, women, representatives of civil society, human rights groups, social movements, political parties, the private sector and the media.

ARI produces policy research, supports networks of young scholars, democratises access to new fields of research, convenes policy dialogues and organizes regional platforms on critical issues related to the transition processes.