Maxwell Webb is an independent Horn of Africa and Middle East analyst who currently serves as the coordinator of leadership initiatives at the Israel Policy Forum’s IPF Atid program. Max has spent significant time in the Horn of Africa conducting research on Somaliland foreign policy, and is a 4-time guest and panelist at the Hargeysa International Book Fair speaking on regional geopolitics and great power competition. This May, Max received a certificate in Horn of Africa studies from the Rift Valley Institute in Nairobi, Kenya. His work can be seen with the Atlantic Council, International Policy Digest, and Israel Policy Exchange.