Senior Fellow Department of War Studies King's College London (KCL)
Nawaf Obaid is a political scientist that works on intelligence and security issues. He specialises in the history of war and defence doctrines, with a particular emphasis on nuclear posturing.
Saudi Arabia and Russia jointly manage global oil markets through OPEC and OPEC+. Yet Moscow is helping Iran and its allies attack the Kingdom’s energy infrastructure...
The Houthi attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh have exposed a fundamental reality of modern warfare: even the most sophisticated air and missile...
For more than a decade, Saudi Arabia has confronted the Houthi problem with virtually every instrument available short of imposing a definitive military solution. It has...
The past seventy-two hours on Yemen’s southern Red Sea coast have produced an extraordinary operational debacle, all the more remarkable given the level of preparation. The...
Another major Saudi-Houthi war is becoming inevitable. Riyadh has spent years trying to avoid precisely this outcome. Saudi restraint reflected a decision to end the war...
