Greater London, England, United Kingdom
As a senior academic in one of the world's leading universities I have delivered professional military and diplomatic education for over a decade to strategic leaders from around the world. As a practitioner, I have been building networks in the Middle East and North Africa for nearly 20 years having worked and lived in the Levant and the Gulf. I have employed my subject matter and area expertise to consult a diverse portfolio of governmental agencies, law firms, financial institutions and insurance companies on matters of geo-strategic and political risk. In 2019 I founded MENA Analytica Ltd - a boutique political risk consultancy firm based in London bundling my networks to create bespoke risk products with a team of 15 leading regional experts.
MENA analytica is a specialist strategic risk consultancy firm with a clear geographic focus on the wider MENA region. We are committed to helping our clients to build resilient organizations dealing with complex risks emerging from a range of hybrid challenges. We believe that risk can be managed on the strategic level so as to maximize potential in the age of hybridity and interconnectivity. Our diverse and experienced network of independent researchers and analysts provide the level of critical analysis and insight that make up the multi-dimensional intelligence products that help our clients make strategic decisions to translate risk into opportunity.
The Global Strategy Programme is run by The Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS). RCDS is the senior college of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. RCDS is a world-renowned institution committed to developing strategic thinkers and leaders within the armed forces and Civil Service, who have the potential to reach the highest ranks and be comfortable working at the strategic level in a cross-government and international environment.
I am currently working as a King’s College London as a senior academic in professional education across UK government, military and civil service.
Within the framework of the UK MoD’s Defence Co-operation Agreement (DCA) with the State of Qatar, the Qatari Joint command and Staff College is a Qatari military academic establishment providing training and education to experienced advanced officers of the Qatar Armed Forces (QAF). The Gulf Security Centre will function as a regional centre of expertise on foreign and security policy providing consultancy founded on research excellence.
The group aims to promote the study of and raise awareness on the issue of Private Military and Security Companies. It promotes a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of PMSCs, including topics such as ethics/morality, defence policy, humanitarian intervention, multi-level governance, security governance, international humanitarian law, civil military relations, and security sector reform. The PMSRG maintains relations between government, industry and academia and comprises a rich pool of knowledge and expertise on many of the contemporary challenges for the private military and security industry. The PMSRG organizes the Annual Private Military and Security conference in corporation with RUSI comprising government actors, industry and academia. Furthermore, the PMSRG issues a monthly newsletter, which was designed to act as useful regular source of information for academic researchers in the field. To subscribe please send an email with your academic details to [email protected].
Maintaining an extensive network of journalists, analysts and policy makers across the Middle East, I have been able to use both his access to first-hand information and analytical skills to provide strategic risk assessments and analysis for a range of Qatari governmental institutions. At the same time I write classified country reports, confidential witness reports and analyses for think tanks, commercial clients and governmental institutions around the world. My focus hereby has always been the MENA (Middle East & North Africa) region, which a particular focus on Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Libya.
Hosted and organised by the Qatar Armed Forces, the 5th edition of Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference – DIMDEX 2016 –will take place in Doha from the 29-31, March 2016. First held in 2008, DIMDEX has witnessed continuous growth to become a leading event in the international maritime defence and security industry calendar. DIMDEX is much more than just an exhibition; the three-day event also features the international strategic Middle East Naval Commanders Conference (MENC), the visit of warships to Doha Commercial Port and elite VIP delegation visits. Providing a gateway to the lucrative Middle East and North African market, DIMDEX is a unique opportunity to position your business for the current and future naval requirements of the region, and to network with senior representatives from the Qatar Armed Forces, VIP delegations from around the world and key defence decision-make