Dr David Wearing is a Teaching Fellow in International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London, and author of AngloArabia: Why Gulf Wealth Matters to Britain exploring the UK’s relationship with the authoritarian Gulf states. Follow him on Twitter: @DavidWearing.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe fate of Gulf migrant workers is deeply connected to the fate of the Arab uprisingsThe more the Gulf states pay a reputational cost in the west for maintaining this system of exploitation, the harder...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCameron’s investigation into the Muslim Brotherhood is not about national securityRather than protecting UK citizens at home, the government is essentially bolstering its unscrupulous allies in the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBritain and Bahrain: still allied against democracy and human rights
An interview with Maryam al-Khawaja, a leading Bahraini human rights activist, on the continuing protests in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKForty years on, the effects of the 1973-74 oil crisis still shape British foreign policy in the Middle EastYesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1973 oil shock. Its consequences are still echoing across...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAfter Egypt and Syria, there's never a worse time to host an arms fairThe world's largest arms fair is happening in London - with a little help from the government. After events in Syria...
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Published in: HomeFreedom to follow orders: the democracy Bush and Blair wanted for Iraq
It is worth asking whether the last ten years would have been such a disaster under the consensual, independent, and...