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 AlgeriaBahrainIsraelAfghanistanArmenia EgyptIraqJordanBangladeshAzerbaijan* LibyaKuwaitLebanonIndiaKazakhstan MauritaniaOmanPalestinian AuthorityMaldivesKyrgyzstan MoroccoQatarSyria*NepalTajikistan TunisiaSaudi ArabiaTürkiyePakistanTurkmenistan UAESri LankaUzbekistan YemenBhutanIran* *Currently not eligible for invitation per the U.S. State Department.To reference the United States Department of State, facilities, and areas of jurisdiction, visit the U. S. State Department website.