Tobias Borck is a Research Fellow for Middle East Security Studies at the International Security Studies Department at RUSI. His main research interests include the international relations of the Middle East, and specifically the foreign, defence and security policies of Arab states, particularly the Gulf monarchies, as well as European – especially German and British – engagement with the Middle East. Tobias holds a PhD in Middle East Politics at the University Exeter. His thesis examines the foreign policies of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar from 2011-2020, with a particular focus on the three states’ conceptions of regional stability.