Oman is well placed to move by incremental, evolutionary steps towards a democracy rooted in Islamic values but is Sultan Haitham ready to take those steps?
Articles tagged: ‘Bahrain’
Big Oil, the Gulf and Climate Change
Posted on Categories PodcastsArab Digest · Big Oil, the Gulf and Climate Change
Sultans of the Gulf
Posted on Categories PodcastsArab Digest · Sultans of the Gulf
GCC: turning 40
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAs the US continues to pivot away from the Gulf and the wider Middle East and Iran remains a significant regional threat the GCC, approaching its 40th anniversary, sees strategic sense in patching up differences.
Qatar and Saudi Arabia: on the road to reconciliation
Posted on Categories PodcastsArab Digest · Qatar and Saudi Arabia: on the road to reconciliation
Wang Yi’s Middle East Tour de Force
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailThe Chinese foreign minister visited six countries in seven days, signing a mega-deal with Iran while cementing economic, military and diplomatic relations everywhere he went.
Once more around the block
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAs Israel braces for another election, Benjamin Netanyahu has succeeded in tying his Jewish opponents up in knots whilst hamstringing the Arab Joint List and angering Jordan.
The Gulf to America: we don’t need you like we used to need you
Posted on Categories PodcastsArab Digest · The Gulf to America: we don't need you like we used to need you
Climate Change and the GCC: Alarm Bells Should Be Ringing
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailClimate change will continue to affect GCC countries in a number of ways, with extreme summer temperatures and coastal flooding likely to prove the most destructive.
Gulf Economies Need a Transformed Role for the State
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailThe GCC may be dealing with the pandemic but COVID-19 hasn’t altered the economic challenges facing the Gulf, rather it has reaffirmed them.