Summary: The United Arab Emirates decision to recognise Israel was conditional on the US selling the Emiratis the most dominant stealth fighter jet in the world.
Articles tagged: ‘Bahrain’
Trump or Biden?
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailTwo MENA experts and their thoughts on what a continuation of the Trump presidency or a victory by Joe Biden will mean for the Middle East.
What Next for the Middle East Strategic Alliance?
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailRegardless of who is elected president, Washington may choose to let lapse a struggling U.S. initiative aimed at achieving greater security cooperation between MENA states.
Sudan jumps aboard the normalisation bandwagon
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailThe fragility of Sudan’s efforts to achieve democracy have been exposed by the decision to normalise relations with Israel.
Biden and the Middle East
Posted on Categories PodcastsArab Digest · Biden And The Middle East
Qatar plays a quiet and cautious foreign policy hand
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailQatari foreign affairs, once hugely ambitious and assertive, are today much more modest but proving very effective in blunting the blockade put on it by its Gulf neighbours.
Qatar, the feud and the future of the GCC
Posted on Categories PodcastsArab Digest · Qatar, The Feud And The Future Of The GCC
Exporting corruption from the Arab world
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAs Arab regimes move their money and families to the West they are securing growing political influence while spreading and normalising corrupt practices.
Oman’s debt crisis
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailA growing debt crisis imperils Oman’s vaunted ability to maintain neutrality in a tough neighbourhood.
From Obama to Trump: US policy in the Middle East
Posted on Categories PodcastsArab Digest · From Obama to Trump: US policy in the Middle East