Abdulaziz Al-Sager
Chairman
Gulf Research Center

    Born in Makkah, Saudi Arabia in 1959, Abdulaziz Sager studied International Relations and holds an M.A Degree from the University of Kent at Canterbury with the thesis The External Factors Threatening Political Stability in the GCC States. He is currently working on a research program entitled:”Gulf Security, Dynamics, Perceptions and Policies, 1971-2003: A comparative study of the GCC States.”

    He is the founder and the Chairman of the Gulf Research Center. He is also President of Sager Group Holding in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which is active in the fields of Saudi Business Enterprises.

    Sager was appointed as a member of the Makkah Province Council in November 2003 in Saudi Arabia. He also serves on the advisory boards of the Arab Thought Foundation and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF). He is also a member of the advisory group for the 4th Arab Human Development Report for the United National Development Programme (UNDP).

    He has special research interest in Gulf strategic issues and is a regular contributor and commentator to international and regional media which includes TV, Newspaper, periodicals and magazines related to Gulf Regional issues.

    Among his publications, he is the Chief Editor of the Gulf Yearbook (2003, 2004 and 2005 editions) and author of “Political Reform Measures from a Domestic GCC Perspective,” in Constitutional Reform and Political Participation in the Gulf, Abdulhadi Khalaf and Giacomo Luciani, eds. (Dubai: Gulf Research Center, 2006); “Political Opposition in Saudi Arabia” in Saudi Arabia in the Balance: Political Economy, Society, Foreign Affairs, Paul Aarts and Gerd Nonneman, eds. (London: Hurst & Company, 2005); Arab Peace Force (Gulf Research Center, October 2004); Combating Violence & Terrorism in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (GRC, May 2004); GCC Political & Economic Strategy towards Post-War Iraq (GRC, April 2004); Reforms in Saudi Arabia: Challenges and Feasible Solutions (GRC, September 2003); and The September 11 Events and their Economic Ramifications for the GCC States (May 2002)