Khaled Almraeed is a retired Major General, author, historian, and military and strategic expert specialising in military and political affairs. He served in the Saudi National Guard for 35 years, holding senior positions in command, planning and training. He holds a Master’s degree in Military Science and completed the Command and General Staff course at the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. He is also a member of the Union of Arab Historians and the History and Archaeology Society of the GCC. His books include The Epic of Eternal Glory: The 1902 Recapture of Riyadh through Military Eyes (2009; second edition 2021), A Life Journey… in the Service of a Nation (2023), and Epics of the Saudi State: Foundation, Resilience and Unification (2025).