Simon Henderson

Simon Henderson is the Baker fellow and director of the Bernstein Program on Gulf and Energy Policy at The Washington Institute, specializing in energy matters and the conservative Arab states of the Persian Gulf. As former journalist with Financial Times, Mr. Henderson was a foreign correspondent in Pakistan in 1977-78, and reported from Iran during the 1979 Islamic revolution and seizure of the U.S. Embassy. He has also worked as a consultant advising corporations and governments on the Persian Gulf. Mr. Henderson writes and appears frequently in the media discussing the internal political dynamics of the House of Saud, energy developments, events in the Gulf, and Pakistan's nuclear program, including the work of Pakistani nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan.

The topic will be: "Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi - the Kingdom, Its future and Its relationship with the U.S.”

Recent articles by the speaker include:

• Of Course Saudi Arabia Doesn't Fear U.S. Fury, The Washington Post - 10/17/18
• How free expression is suppressed in Saudi Arabia, The Economist -7/26/18
  
• Saudi Arabia Hits the Breaks on Reforms, The Atlantic - 5/22/18
• How the War in Yemen Explains the Future of Saudi Arabia, The Atlantic  -  11/8/17

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