The Gulf Defence Industry Initiative (GDII) is a market research consultancy which specialises in connecting leading defence sector stakeholders with current and former members of national defence, and Defence focussed executives and academics in the MENA region.
The GDII undertakes research and offers expert analysis on overlooked and underestimated issues in the MENA region. Our methodology provides new frameworks for understanding on-the-ground realities and related policy implications in the defence, security and space sectors, as governments and Industry Primes look towards greater self-reliance.
Activities
- Carrying out field research and data collection;
- Publishing policy research, commentary and analysis in English and Arabic.
- Convening discussions with decision-makers and experts in defence, security, academia, and the private sector;
- Providing briefings to decision-makers and contributing to policy forums in the MENA region, the UK, Europe and beyond;
- Contributing analysis to media coverage of the MENA region.
- Connecting Business Leaders with new markets in the MENA region.
Research areas
- Modernisation in Middle Eastern Armed Forces
- Geopolitical dynamics and the role of regional and international actors;
- Drivers and effects of transnational conflict;
- Interconnected political, policy and economic networks – and their impact on conflict;
- Governance, strategy, policy formulation and ethics;
