Visiting Expert in the Program of National Security at the Security Research Center .
Dr. Alowaishek currently serves as the Assistant Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs, Political Affairs, and Negotiations at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) since 2009. He served as the Minister Plenipotentiary and Director General of International Economic Relations at the GCC from 1999 to 2009 and has also worked as an economic and legal expert at the United Nations.