An Emirati writer and strategic expert.

He is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, a member of the Advisory Board of the International Union of Academics and Intellectuals, and a member of several institutions and associations specializing in political science, including the Midwest Political Science Association and the American Political Science Association APSA. He is also an associate member of several international studies institutions and associations, such as the North American Association for Middle Eastern Studies.

He served as Director General of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Chairman of the Board of Directors of both the Emirates National School and the Scholarship Office, Chairman of the Higher Committee for the Preparation of the National Strategy for Motherhood and Childhood, and Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed quarterly scientific journal Strategic Visions.

He was a lecturer of political science at the United Arab Emirates University, and a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin in the United States of America.

He was also a member of the Higher Advisory Council of the T20 Think Tank Summit accompanying the 2020 Decade Summit, a member of the National Media Council, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Diplomatic Institute, Zayed University, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University in the United States, and the National Defense College in the Emirates.

He also served as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Department of Translation Studies at the United Arab Emirates University, the Advisory Board of the College of Politics and International Affairs at the University of Maine, the Board of Trustees of the UAE-Swiss Friendship Association, and the Advisory Board of the Center for International Studies at the University of St. Thomas in the United States.

He has many publications in the fields of security, democracy, development, women, education, contemporary history, and related topics, including: Eternal Footprints... Personalities Who Made History and Others Who Changed the Future of Their Homelands in 2016, The Mirage in 2015, The Horizons of the American Era: Sovereignty and Influence in the New World Order in 2014, Social Media and Its Role in Future Transformations: From Tribe to Facebook in 2013, and The Society of the United Arab Emirates: A Future Perspective in 2003.

He also participated with other writers and authors in publishing a number of books, and published a series of articles entitled Personalities and Positions in Al-Ittihad Newspaper, and founded the Viewpoints page in the same newspaper in 1999.

He received numerous awards and honors, including:

• The President's Appreciation Award Medal in 2013.
• The French Order of Merit, First Class, in 2002.
• The Moroccan Order of Merit, Commander rank, which was awarded to him by King Hassan II in 1995.
• Executive Personality Award for Young Leaders from the Middle East Excellence Awards Institute in 2006.
• The Gulf Cooperation Council Award for Excellence in Research and Studies in 2015.
• Geopolitical Studies Award from the Observatory of Geopolitical Studies, with membership in the scientific society of the Observatory in 2015.
• The 2015 European Journalism Award for the Arab World was presented by the European Press Association in cooperation with the Institute for Prospects and Security in Europe for Strategic Studies.

He was also awarded the title of Ambassador of Peace by the World Peace Federation in 2017.

He received an honorary doctorate in political science and international relations with membership in the academic council from the University of Lugano in Switzerland in 2015, a professorship in political science in 2017 from the same university, and an honorary professorship from the International University in Vienna in 2008.

He received a PhD in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin in the United States of America in 1990, a Master's degree in Political Science from the same university in 1985, and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Kuwait University in 1981.