Christina Bouri

CFR Staff

Christina Bouri

Research Associate, Middle East Studies

Christina Bouri is a research associate for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Before joining CFR, she was a graduate research assistant at the Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative at the Harvard Divinity School. She holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from the University of the Pacific and a master's in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University.

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