Bahrain Archives - Arab Digest

Qatar and Saudi Arabia: on the road to reconciliation

15 April 202115 April 2021Hugh MilesPodcastsBahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Arab Digest · Qatar and Saudi Arabia: on the road to reconciliation

Wang Yi’s Middle East Tour de Force

6 April 20216 April 2021William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, China, Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, USA

The 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

16 March 202117 March 2021William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, Covid-19, Israel, Jordan, UAE

As 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

12 March 2021Hugh MilesPodcastsBahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, Yemen

Arab 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

4 March 2021William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, climate change, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen

Climate 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

10 February 2021William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, Covid-19, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

The GCC may be dealing with the pandemic but COVID-19 hasn’t altered the economic challenges facing the Gulf, rather it has reaffirmed them.

The price of freedom

19 January 2021William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, Egypt, Israel, Loujain al-Hathloul, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, USA, Yemen

The shortlisting of a prominent Saudi women’s rights activist for a prestigious human rights award draws attention to the kingdom’s human rights record.

Mudhawi’s List and the fight for women’s rights

8 January 20218 January 2021Hugh MilesPodcastsBahrain, GCC, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, women's rights

Arab Digest · Mudhawi's List and the fight for women's rights

A sudden end to a long dispute

7 January 20218 January 2021William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

With the Gulf feud now consigned to history, there are signs that the art of diplomacy, much battered by Trump and his regional allies, is set to return to the Middle East.

An end in sight?

5 January 20215 January 2021William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

A bitter Gulf feud with a lengthy history of mutual recrimination may be headed toward a settlement but entrenched positions and obstinate players stand in the way.