Details of Gulf Research Center

People have many different impressions of the Gulf region. These impressions are mostly shaped by the media and they are often negative and inaccurate. This is why the Gulf Research Center (GRC) was founded in July 2000 by Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, a Saudi businessman. At a time when the need for an independent think tank focused on the critical Gulf region was greater than ever, Dr. Sager established the GRC to fill an important void and to conduct scholarly, high quality research about the GCC area as well as Iran, Iraq and Yemen. Its research focuses on the social sciences. The Gulf Research Center operates on an independent, not-for-profit basis. The Center further believes that everyone has the right to have access to knowledge and so it makes its research available to the general public through publications, workshops, seminars and conferences.