Senior Fellow, Geopolitical Strategist & Director of Diaspora Affairs, Dr. Mohamed Hussein Gaas is a preeminent scholar-practitioner operating at the nexus of national, regional, and global security. He currently serves as the Director of the Diaspora Affairs Department at the Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is the Founding Director of the Raad Peace Research Institute (RAPRI). Dr. Gaas brings extensive field-based expertise from the highest levels of international diplomacy and regional security: Multilateral & UN Security Advisory (2024): In 2024, Dr. Gaas provided strategic advisory to the Federal Government of Somalia on UN Security Council engagement and complex multilateral issues, particularly during the transition of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) to the United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS).