The Arabia Foundation

The Arabia Foundation believes in the power of informed conversation. The Washington D.C.-based think tank was established in 2017 with one primary goal in mind: to provide policymakers, academics, and media professionals with impartial insights and illustrative commentaries on the socioeconomics and geopolitics of the Middle East. In doing so, the Foundation hopes to stimulate productive debate on domestic and foreign politics of key regional state- and non-state entities, as well as shed light on how those political shifts stand to impact the United States. The Foundation observes developments as they occur across the Middle East; however, it maintains a particular focus on the nations embedded in the Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The region and its member countries are currently in the midst of a period of faced-paced change, the social, economic, and political implications of which could drastically impact not only residents of the Middle East, but the global community as a whole. Understanding this, the Arabia Foundation seeks to highlight and spark discussion on potentially significant regional changes, and provide an independent perspective on how these transformations stand to influence life domestic and abroad. Anyone who keeps tabs on the region understands how invaluable these politically-independent insights can be; coverage of happenings in the Middle East is often opaque at best and limited by a lack of attention and colored by inaccuracies. The Arabia Foundation aims to remedy this lack of clarity and visibility by publishing reports, penning commentaries, generating analyses, and organizing events that both center on regional topics and stimulate productive conversations about current events. The Arabia Foundation has the capability to do so; the collective experience of the organization is considerable, spanning sectors that include but are not limited to finance, diplomacy, international relations, politics, and U.S. foreign policy. The organization's efforts have been fruitful thus far; in its first year of activity, Foundation experts have published op-eds and reports across significant media entities such as Politico, Bloomberg, and Reuters. Ultimately, the organization hopes that in providing these published perspectives, the Arabia Foundation will both serve as an invaluable resource for academics, media professionals, and policy experts who need a more layered and nuanced view into the region and provide a well-rounded, objective perspective on the Middle East to the public at large. The Arabia Foundation is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that functions on the generosity of private donations and corporate support.

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