Before co-founding Red Sea Analytics International (RSAI), Khaldoon Bakahail served in the Yemeni government, where he held senior positions across four ministries.
He is currently a senior advisor on security sector reform for the Geneva-based Center for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) and serves as the country coordinator for Yemen.
In his role at DCAF, Khaldoon has designed and facilitated high-level dialogues between various regional and local actors involved in Yemen’s ongoing conflict.
He routinely advises senior government officials, the United Nations, and leading NGOs on security and political issues related to Yemen and the broader region.
Khaldoon is also a participant in the T20/G20 Global Solutions Initiative.
He is an alumnus of the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies and an active member of the Nobel Prize–winning Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.