Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy; Vision 2030 domestic reform agenda; and the broader implications for global energy, security and diplomacy

Event Date: Thursday, September 4th, 2025

Event Time: 3:30- 4:30 PM

Location: PMSU 262

Fahad Nazer was appointed as Official Spokesperson for the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the United States in January 2019. Prior to his appointment, he was a political analyst with recognized expertise on political, social, and economic developments in Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Gulf countries. He was also a columnist for the daily newspaper Arab News and his publications have appeared in Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, CNN, Foreign Policy, Yale Global Online, The National Interest, and Newsweek.

He is a former non-resident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington and the National Council on US Arab Relations. Nazer also previously served as a political consultant for the Embassy. He earned his BA in political science from New York University and an M.A in political science from Saint John’s University in New York City and has also completed the credit and examination requirements of the PhD program in political Science at the Catholic University of America in Washington.