-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Arab Spring popular uprisings – myth and realityIt is critical to recognize the significance of this revolutionary chapter in the modern history of the Middle East...
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThis week's window on the Middle East - March 20, 2014Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East....
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaStatus quo in BahrainAs the struggle in Bahrain continues, people in the west need to hold their governments accountable for their...
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Arab Spring and the changing balance of global powerFrom an empirical-analytical point of view, what has happened in the Middle East and North Africa since Mohammed...
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBahrain’s attempts at subsidy reform
The burden of debt is being pushed onto the shoulders of citizens, and so subsidy reform may tip the delicate...
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThis week's window on the Middle East - January 17, 2014Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East....
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCorruption in Bahrain
The Crown Prince’s renewed anti-corruption effort faces serious threats, particularly from powerful elites with a...
-
Published in: HomeProspects for a GCC-Iranian rapprochement?
A US-Iranian rapprochement over Iran's nuclear programme could improve general US-Iranian relations, leading to the...
-
Published in: openSecurityWhose Police?Do the police serve the public, or are they a force of elite control? openSecurity's series opens up this question...
-
Published in: openSecurityChasing accountability; facing impunity
Bahrain's attempt to hold the state security services to account is channeled through campaigning, lobbying and of...
-
Published in: openSecurityThe history of British involvement in Bahrain's internal security
John Yates is only the most recent Briton to be given a public role in Bahrain's internal security. Since founding...
-
Published in: openSecurityPolicing Bahrain: the long arm of the British
Just after the Arab Spring was brutally crushed in Bahrain, Britain's John Yates, the former Assistant Metropolitan...
-
Published in: HomeThe Islamic state in contextAlmost by default, the swelling numbers of young Arabs, especially in the culturally vibrant centres of the Arab...
-
Published in: HomePalestine, peoples and borders in the new Middle East mapToday’s Sunni/Shiite regional war is the direct product of the Bush/Blair war on Iraq. The divide is all the more...
-
Published in: HomeBahrain's rights, Britain's failure
Britain's lack of support for freedom of expression in Bahrain is a flawed and self-defeating policy, says Nicholas...
-
Published in: HomePropaganda war marks the second anniversary of the Bahraini Spring
Bahrain’s Arab Spring has developed into an ugly sectarian battle, pitting the Al-Khalifa regime, with the support...
-
Published in: HomeRebuilding the wallsThe internet promised “shared humanity in all its messy glory”. But national governments are keen to turn back the...
-
Published in: HomeIslam in the Arab transformationsThe Shari’a is largely irrelevant to most important issues of policy and administration in the economy and in...
-
Published in: openSecurityIn conversation: Syria in perspective
Fawaz Gerges and Rosemary Hollis with Robin Yassin-Kassab at the openDemocracy conference Syria's peace: what, how,...
-
Published in: HomeObama and the Middle East: the lessons of Iraq?
Why has the Obama administration been reluctant to intervene directly in the raging Syrian conflict, or even to arm...
