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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDo not take Oman's stability for grantedWhile the future of Oman is far from certain, the world has so fair paid little attention to the turbulences that...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPatriotism from fragmentation: the personal nationhood of OmanOman’s modern nationalism is ultimately the result of personal rule dominating all aspects of public administration....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaISIS airstrikes: how to rehabilitate dictators and destroy the revolutionThe American intervention will strengthen the hand of Arab autocrats against their opponents, Islamists and...
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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: North Africa, West AsiaThe slow pace of female empowerment in the Gulf
These oil-rich countries cannot sustain long-term growth and prosperity if half the population remains marginalised...
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Published in: HomeThe black swan of the Gulf
The military and security apparatuses of these Gulf states plays a role in keeping the peace, but the best way...
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Published in: openSecurityThe United States and Pakistan – beyond the verbal division
The United States and Pakistan engage in a war of words. Iraq to strengthen air sovereignty with the acquisition of...
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Published in: HomeThe Arab 1989 revisited
The establishment and deepening of a democratic culture is a long-term project and is intergenerational. As...
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Published in: HomeRefolution in the Arab worldA new word is needed to describe these events of recent months. They should be called ‘refolutions’, radical...
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Published in: HomeGulf States: studious silence falls on Arab Spring
New demands for political reform in the Gulf are meeting a repressive response by regimes especially panicked when...
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Published in: openSecurityTwenty-first century mercenaries - Afghanistan's answer?
Contracted officers could be the future of international support for the Kabul government, argues Ray Kane.
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