NESA Region Regions NESA Center participants–comprised of foreign and defense policy professionals, diplomats, academics, and civil society leaders Participating Countries North AfricaGulfLevantSouth AsiaCentral Asia AlgeriaBahrainIsraelAfghanistanKazakhstan EgyptIraqJordanBangladeshKyrgyzstan LibyaKuwaitLebanonIndiaTajikistan MauritaniaOmanPalestinian AuthorityMaldivesTurkmenistan MoroccoQatarSyria*NepalUzbekistan TunisiaSaudi ArabiaTürkiyePakistanAzerbaijan UAESri LankaIran* YemenBhutan *Currently not eligible for invitation per the U.S. State Department.For real-time updates about geopolitical developments in the NESA region and beyond, visit the NESA Center’s Strategic Map: Chokepoints and Seams. To reference the United States Department of State, facilities, and areas of jurisdiction, visit the U. S. State Department website.