Bahrain

Making Sense of the US Designating Qatar as a Major Non-NATO Ally

On March 10, 2022, US President Joe Biden officially designated Qatar as a major non-NATO ally. Qatar is the 18th state to earn this designation and the third Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) state to do so following Kuwait and Bahrain. ...

Susan L. Karamanian & Sharifa A. Ahen, June 9, 2022

Is There New Hope for Human Rights in Bahrain?

Bill Law, February 9, 2021

The Bahrain-Turkey Relationship Comes Under Pressure

Gulf State Analytics, November 19, 2019

Bahrain: King Hamad Moves on Reconciliation Bid

Bill Law, May 1, 2019

Bringing Reconciliation to Bahrain

Hebah Fisher, Razan Alzayani & Kerning Cultures Network, August 31, 2016

by Giorgio Cafiero

Death Sentence Could Inflame Tension Across the Middle East

January 23, 2015

by Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

China and Bahrain: Undocumented Growing Relations

May 22, 2014

by Abul-Hasanat Siddique

From Sidi Bouzid to Damascus: The Tragedy of the “Spring”

January 9, 2014

by James M. Dorsey

The Gulf: Foreign Workers’ Rights

January 2, 2014

by James M. Dorsey

Gulf Security: A Risky New US-Saudi Blueprint

December 16, 2013

by Eduardo Zachary Albrecht Theodore Milosevic

Bahrain: Pushing for a New Image?

December 13, 2013

by Léonard Lifar

Saudi Arabia’s Snub: A Sword Struck into Water?

November 15, 2013

by J. Zach Hollo

Rethinking Rentier State Theory: Qatar and the Rise of Smart Money

October 11, 2013

by Zaid Al-Atrackchi

Sunni vs Shi’a: The Middle East Chessboard (Part 1/2)

August 30, 2013

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Making Sense of the US Designating Qatar as a Major Non-NATO Ally

Is There New Hope for Human Rights in Bahrain?

The Bahrain-Turkey Relationship Comes Under Pressure

Bahrain: King Hamad Moves on Reconciliation Bid

Bringing Reconciliation to Bahrain

Death Sentence Could Inflame Tension Across the Middle East

China and Bahrain: Undocumented Growing Relations

From Sidi Bouzid to Damascus: The Tragedy of the “Spring”

The Gulf: Foreign Workers’ Rights

Gulf Security: A Risky New US-Saudi Blueprint

Bahrain: Pushing for a New Image?

Saudi Arabia’s Snub: A Sword Struck into Water?

Rethinking Rentier State Theory: Qatar and the Rise of Smart Money

Sunni vs Shi’a: The Middle East Chessboard (Part 1/2)

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