{"id":1542,"date":"2026-03-26T18:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mahmoodsaif.org\/Mir-Niz\/?page_id=1542"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:44:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mahmoodsaif.org\/DEV\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:60px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:2016px;margin-left: calc(-5% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-5% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.375%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.375%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.375%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.375%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:2.375%;--awb-spacing-left-small:2.375%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:35px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;text-transform:capitalize;--fontSize:28;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\">About the Direct Policy Foundation<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The Foundation is an independent think tank dedicated to the rigorous analysis and forecasting of political, economic, and security dynamics, as well as developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Founded in 2025 by a team of international researchers, it is registered as a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization in the District of Columbia (1319 F St NW, Suite 301, Washington, D.C. 20004, USA).<br \/>The Foundation\u2019s work centers on the evolving landscape of U.S.\u2013Middle East relations, with sustained attention to the structural challenges facing the states and societies of the region and the international policy frameworks that govern them. Through its specialized research groups, the Foundation produces scholarly papers, policy briefs, analytical studies, and forward-looking assessments of emerging trends.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1542","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahmoodsaif.org\/DEV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahmoodsaif.org\/DEV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahmoodsaif.org\/DEV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahmoodsaif.org\/DEV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahmoodsaif.org\/DEV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1542"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mahmoodsaif.org\/DEV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3734,"href":"https:\/\/mahmoodsaif.org\/DEV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1542\/revisions\/3734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahmoodsaif.org\/DEV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}