The purview of the NESA Center extends from the Atlas Mountains in the west to the Himalayas in the east--Marrakech to Bangladesh.

The countries with which the United States has diplomatic relations will participate in the Center's programs, as well as countries with a strategic interest in the region.

AFGHANISTAN · ALGERIA · BAHRAIN · BANGLADESH · EGYPT · INDIA · IRAQ · ISRAEL · JORDAN · KUWAIT · LEBANON · LIBYA · MALDIVES · MAURITANIA · MOROCCO · NEPAL · OMAN · PAKISTAN · QATAR · SAUDI ARABIA · SRI LANKA · TUNISIA · TURKEY · THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES · YEMEN

Participation in the Center's programs is not limited to these nations. We are actively soliciting the participation of neighboring countries with security interests relevant to the states of the region.  Click here to see some reasons to focus on the NESA region.