Ali Bakir is a Research Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Security, and Defense at Qatar University. He is also a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council, “Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative” and Middle East program. His work focuses on the foreign, security, and defense policies of the Gulf countries and Türkiye, as well as Türkiye-Arab/Gulf relations, Gulf security, great power competition in the Middle East, the behavior of small states, and the geopolitics of the MENA region and the Eastern Mediterranean. He had his education, fieldwork, and work experience in several countries, including Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkiye, and Qatar. He is available on X @alibakeer
