Submissions

What We Publish

The Gulf AI Monitor features original analysis, commentary, and policy-oriented research on artificial intelligence in the Gulf Arab states and broader Middle East. We take seriously both the transformative potential of AI in the Gulf and the strategic risks, governance failures, and great-power dynamics that complicate every headline. We consider a wide range of submissions which cover the full stack of Gulf AI development as well as the geopolitics and geoeconomics that shape it. This includes compute economics and energy advantage, sovereign AI, US-China competition for Gulf AI ecosystems, sovereign wealth and national investment strategies, AI governance and state capacity, downstream implications, AI diplomacy, and more.

We publish policy briefs (800–1,200 words), analytical essays (1,500–3,000 words), data-driven features, and occasional longer working papers. We do not publish vendor content, press release rewrites, or speculative takes unmoored from evidence.

What We Look For

Strong submissions advance an argument, not just a description. They are well sourced. We place particular value on contributors with genuine regional access who can speak to the gap between stated strategy and operational reality.

Our readers are an informed international audience — policymakers, investors, academics, and senior practitioners across the GCC, Washington, Brussels, and Beijing. Assume general fluency with the subject, but do not condescend. Do not over-explain. Carry your argument with evidence and acknowledge where inference begins.

Sending Your Pitch

Pitch us in 150–300 words. Tell us your argument or main contribution, why it is important, and what your evidence base is. Include your bio line and a note on your relevant expertise. We respond within five business days. Please do not send your full draft unless we accept your pitch.

All submissions undergo editorial review. Accepted pieces will be worked through collaboratively with our editors before publication. We fact-check all published work and run it through a rigorous editing process to ensure the final piece is not only factual, but contributes to the broader field and discourse. We will not always be able to provide detailed feedback on pieces we decline.

Send pitches to GulfAIMonitor@gmail.com.