Marc Owen Jones is a PhD candidate at Durham University, where he is studying the contemporary and historical use of repression in Bahrain. He writes a regular blog, is a member of Bahrain Watch, and has spent much of his life in the Middle East, including Bahrain, Sudan and Syria.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBahrain’s uprising: resistance and repression in the GulfA review of an interdisciplinary book exploring both the contemporary uprising and Bahrain’s lengthy history of contentious politics, exploring postcolonialism, foreign actors, human rights, and social media.
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Published in: openSecurityThe history of British involvement in Bahrain's internal securityJohn Yates is only the most recent Briton to be given a public role in Bahrain's internal security. Since founding the Bahraini police force, the British influence is as strong as ever.