Khalid Al Bostanji is a graduate of the University of Queensland where, in 2017, he completed a Bachelor of Economics majoring in International Trade and Finance. He also completed a Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) from RMIT University in 2020 and is now a Ph.D. candidate at the ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies. Khalid’s thesis is focused on Arab-Turkish relations and Turkey’s use of soft and hard power within its foreign policy approach towards the Arab region.