Andreas Krieg

Andreas Krieg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Defence Studies at King's College London, where he specialises in Middle East security, proxy warfare, and information operations. He has been a regular commentator for Al Jazeera, BBC Arabic, and other international outlets on Gulf security and Iranian strategic behaviour. In the context of the 2026 Iran conflict, Krieg was quoted by Al Jazeera on the sequencing rationale behind the US-Iran one-page MOU delivered on 7 May 2026, specifically on why Washington proposed Hormuz-first with nuclear talks deferred — a position Rubio had publicly rejected three days earlier.

Krieg has previously researched information operations in the Gulf and the use of private military contractors in the region, publishing on the UAE's security sector and Saudi-Iranian rivalry. His work at KCL situates him in the British defence academic establishment, giving him credibility in commentary about the Northwood-based European mission and European strategic calculus on Hormuz.

His academic position at King's College London — which hosts the Department of War Studies, one of the leading defence and security research units in Europe — lends institutional authority to analysis that might otherwise be read as speculative commentary.