Dr. Ibrahim Al-Othaimin

Amid intense diplomatic efforts, spearheaded by Qatari mediation and Turkish-Pakistani moves to resume US-Iran talks and avert conflict after the US midterms, and reported Pentagon plans for potential military strikes on Tehran, global attention is fixed on the region's trajectory. Entering one of…

Saudi Arabia has long warned, ever since the Houthis overthrew Yemen's legitimate government and began threatening maritime navigation, that the consequences of this danger would extend far beyond the region and has called for an international response. Yet those warnings were not taken seriously…

As the chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi, announced the launch of the operation "Dawn of Yemen," an old article came to mind that the American thinker Francis Fukuyama wrote in The Atlantic in 2004 on state-building. What struck me in it was the importance of moving…

The Houthi group's attempt to target Riyadh, coming days after the coalition announced it had intercepted a Houthi drone south of Makkah, confirms how dangerous the continuation of the Yemeni crisis is to the security of neighboring states. And with the threat to navigation in the Red Sea and Bab…

The Makkah Joint Defense Agreement, signed on August 7, between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan, marks an important development in the course of strategic relations among the three countries, not only because it establishes a long-term joint defense framework, but because it comes at a…

Brussels hosted the third GCC–EU Regional Security Forum on Monday, July 13, 2026. The forum forms part of the practical implementation of the strategic partnership announced by the two sides in May 2022. It also gives effect to the outcomes of the first GCC–EU Summit held in 2024 and represents an…

The Gulf-American ministerial meeting, held in the Bahraini capital Manama on Thursday, June 25, and its discussion of the ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran, reflect that the Gulf states do not view the memorandum of understanding as a bilateral matter between Washington and…

Wisdom has it that some may try to obscure the truth or diminish its importance, but it remains an undeniable fact. This year’s Hajj season showed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continues to offer a model in managing Hajj and serving the pilgrims, drawing on the experience it has accumulated and…

The High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France, which was held over three days in New York, is among the most consequential international political initiatives…