Dr. Saud Mousaed Al Tamamy is an assistant professor of political theory at King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was awarded his Ph.D. from the University of Exeter (UK) in 2009. I.B. Tauris will shortly publish his Ph.D. thesis under the title “Averroes, Kant and the Origins of the Enlightenment: Reason and Revelation in Arab Thought.” Al Tamamy's academic interests are political theory and international and strategic issues. He has, among others, contributed to the book “Saudi Foreign Policy 1960-2010” (forthcoming) by writing a chapter on ‘Saudi Foreign Policy towards the Arab-Israeli Conflict.’ His paper “Saudi Arabia and the Arab Spring: Opportunities and Challenges of Security” will be published in the coming issue of the Journal of Arabian Studies (December 2012). He has also contributed to Orient the article “Hegemonic or Defensive? Patterns of Saudi Foreign Policy in the Era of the Arab Spring” (to be published in November 2012). Al Tamamy regularly contributes to conferences and workshops on a variety of subjects. In February 2012, he delivered a contribution to the conference “Gulf Cooperation Council: Choices to Move from Cooperation to Unity,” in Riyadh. The paper presented (“Moving from Cooperation to Unity: Practical Choices”) will be published in Alta'awn (nr. 76). Al Tamamy is a part-time advisor of the Riyadhbased Institute of Diplomatic Studies (IDS); the director of the International Scientific Twinning Program (ISTP); a member of the Saudi Political Science Association, KSU; and a member of the Academic Accreditation Committee of the Political Science Department, KSU.