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.
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...
Modern warfare is no longer decided by the performance of a single aircraft, missile, or satellite. It is increasingly determined by the ability to integrate multiple...
As the Houthis have chosen to reignite the conflict by targeting Saudi maritime traffic in the Red Sea, they should not expect a replay of...
