Dr. Abdulaziz Hamad Al-Aweisheg

Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council states and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a pivotal meeting in Manama on Thursday, June 25. Although the US side has been in constant contact with the GCC states since the war began on February 28, this meeting is particularly significant…

Given the long list of Saudi Arabia’s grievances against the Iranian leadership that have accumulated over decades, many are asking: Why is the Kingdom supporting diplomatic efforts to end a war that may succeed in limiting a bitter adversary? It is a valid question, but the answer is complex. …

At the invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Gulf Cooperation Council leaders convened in Jeddah last week. Chaired by Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, the summit addressed the lessons drawn from the war with Iran and went over…

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was among the first actors to engage with the shift in Syria positively. The country’s new circumstances were discussed during the GCC’s Kuwait Summit on the first of December. The Summit’s Final Statement stressed the need to respect Syria’s sovereignty,…