The refugee crisis has exposed the abject failure of the EU, the UN, the OIC or anybody else to criticize the bloated Arab nations of the Gulf… Read more
Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, addresses the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly… Continue reading
Is U.S. Middle East policy aligned with the ‘Sunni bloc’ in a grand sectarian alliance against the ‘Shi’ite crescent’?… Continue reading
Qatar became a Muslim Brotherhood stronghold in 1954, when a group of its activists found refuge there… Continue reading
A year ago this week, on January 25, 2011, the ground began to crumble under then-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s feet… Continue reading
At the end of 2011 is anyone in the Arabic-speaking world better off as a result of the upheavals of the Arab Spring… Continue reading
As we approach the end of the first year of what has been called the Arab Spring… Continue reading
A terrorist cell was recently exposed in Bahrain, which according to the Bahraini and… Continue reading
Does this sound too extreme and alarmist?… Continue reading
How could Qatar’s foreign policy best be defined during the Arab Spring… Continue reading
Critics have often argued that Western nations have been hypocritical in their policies towards Bahrain… Continue reading
There is no doubt that the world is now entering a new era of important changes… Continue reading
Against the background of the fall of the autocratic regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, the massive demonstrations in Yemen, Syria and Bahrain… Continue reading
From recruitment of suicide bombers to increased online presence: Iran’s radical right-wing government supporters step up activities… Continue reading
The tensions between Iran and the Persian Gulf states have escalated in recent days on the backdrop of the ongoing political crisis in Bahrain… Continue reading
After giving up on US and Israel ever confronting Iran, Saudi Arabia has gone out on a limb against the Obama administration… Continue reading
How sadly ironic. A few years ago, the two previous U.S. presidents were trying to get Gulf Arab states to do more to foster an… Continue reading
Bahrain’s King Hamad, despite some continuing worries about Saudi Arabia, expressed optimism about Bahrain and the region in a… Continue reading
Events in the Middle East have moved so quickly that one almost needs a daily scorecard to keep up. This article will try to give a basic picture… Continue reading
Security forces in Bahrain on Friday demolished the Pearl Monument, a landmark that had been the site of massive recent anti-government protests… Continue reading
The contest between Iran and Saudi Arabia and the Sunni-Shiite split in the Arab world were ramped up to a dangerous level… Continue reading
Saudi and United Arab Emirates troops crossed into Bahrain Monday, March 14 to support the king against escalating anti-throne demonstrations… Continue reading
Not everyone in the opposition movements in Arab countries are Islamists, of course, but at least outside of… Continue reading
The problem is that the people most qualified to be heard and who have the better understanding of the situation are being ignored… Continue reading
U.S. senator John Kerry, who when I worked in the Senate was regarded as…let’s just say as not a great genius, is now chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee… Continue reading
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Hello Mike, Thank you for your positive feedback to the article. I felt there wasn’t too much critical analysis of ...
Thanks for this considered and well constructed article. A follow up article on the manner in which the editorial contro...
THE CLUELESSNESS OF CLAIMING THAT OBAMA'S MIDDLE EAST POLICIES WERE A FAILURE CANNOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH, WHAT THE...
As long as Obama is the president of the usa do not trust the us government......
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