Does the Middle East Institute partner with Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco? This newsbud article claims: > Lister was formerly a visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha Center in Qatar and is now a senior fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based **Middle East Institute** , which describes itself as “an unbiased source of information and analysis” on the Middle East and **partners with corporations such as Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco.** The same story was reblogged in this site.

Yes.

You can see the MEI's 2013 annual report with page 10 showing its Grantors and Sponsors, including the names you list and many more such as the US Department of State, Microsoft and the Coca-Cola Company.

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