Dr Talal Mohammad is an Academic Visitor at St Antony’s College, Oxford and a consultant in Government Affairs and Geopolitics. Dr Mohammad’s areas of expertise include the Middle East, especially the Gulf region. He has recently completed a doctorate at Oxford University on Iranian-Saudi relations which will be published under the title Iranian-Saudi Rivalry Since 1979: In the Words of Kings and Clerics (Bloomsbury-IB Tauris, forthcoming 2021). He tweets at @DrOxbridge