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.
In a post-war Iran scenario, the future of the GCC will become one of the defining strategic questions in the Middle East. The war exposed vulnerabilities...
Saudi Aramco restored the East-West Pipeline in a matter of days, not because the damage was insignificant, but because the system itself had been built...
On 7 April, Islamabad became the last barrier between the Middle East and a war that would have rapidly spiralled beyond anyone’s ability to control. By...
Wars in the Middle East are usually discussed in terms of missiles, air strikes, militias and territorial control. But this war will ultimately be decided somewhere...
Iranian mining operations, drone strikes and missile attacks on shipping have reduced traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to extremely low levels, with only a...
