Reconnaissance Research is pleased to announce its collaboration with non-resident research fellow Turner Stevens, as part of the new summer program with the National Council on U.S.-Arab relations, based in Washington DC.

Mr. Stevens is a fourth-year economics honors student with minors in international affairs and mathematics from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Upon completing his undergraduate program, Mr. Stevens plans to pursue a PhD program in economics to study international economics and taxation. 

He has pursued undergraduate research focusing on inequality and paid family leave programs. Additionally, he is a research assistant in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Economics where he is currently researching the effects of climate change on public utilities. 

Turner has served for three semesters as a Macro Analyst within Georgia Tech’s Student Foundation Investments Committee, where he has conducted market research on the energy sector and evaluations of monetary policy.

Regarding the programme, the Deputy CEO of Research , Yousef Al-Ghussein, stated that: “among the center’s goals is to involve all interested people from inside and outside Kuwait in our activities and events, and this partnership with the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations comes in parallel with what we seek to achieve.” He continued: “Kuwait is rich in its human resources and its hardworking & innovative youth, and we are happy to be able, after the establishment of the center in late 2019, to carry out a scientific and academic program at this level that links Kuwait's youth with their peers from the United States.”

Turner Stevens said: “It is an honor to collaborate with Reconnaissance Research as an undergraduate student. I look forward to providing readers a comprehensive understanding of economic issues within the GCC Region.”