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LT Jasmin Alsaied is a U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer. In the past, she served onboard USS Lassen (DDG-82) as part of the Harry S. Truman carrier strike group and completed a Middle East deployment. In DC, Jasmin spent time with several national security think tanks and organizations focused on American defense and alliances. Her work focuses on militant Shi’a actors within the Levant, nuclear weapons policy/counterproliferation in the Indo-Pacific, and the integration of AI and data tools into modern warfighting constructs.
Arab women break boundaries and stereotypes in Middle Eastern militaries
As Women’s History Month in the U.S. draws to a close, women in the armed forces of several Middle Eastern countries continue to achieve historic milestones, with many now serving as pilots, engineers, peacekeepers, and in special forces units. The role of women is steadily increasing as the result of new initiatives, policies, and gradually changing mindsets in the Middle East.
What NAVCENT’s Task Force 59 needs to be a true success
The Middle East is proving to be a test-bed for military innovation that could be incredibly helpful for other priority regions such as the Indo-Pacific, write Jasmin Alsaied and Bilal Saab of the Middle East Institute.
