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Articles tagged: ‘Bahrain’

The F-35: a story of politics and profits

Posted on 4 November 2020Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Bahrain, Covid-19, Egypt, Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

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.

Trump or Biden?

Posted on 3 November 20203 November 2020Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Bahrain, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

Two 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 29 October 202029 October 2020Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Regardless 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 27 October 2020Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Bahrain, Covid-19, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Libya, Palestine, Sudan, UAE, USA

The 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 23 October 202027 October 2020Author Hugh MilesCategories PodcastsTags Bahrain, Iran, Israel, JCPOA, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Arab Digest · Biden And The Middle East

Qatar plays a quiet and cautious foreign policy hand

Posted on 20 October 202020 October 2020Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

Qatari 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 16 October 2020Author Hugh MilesCategories PodcastsTags Bahrain, Egypt, Gaza, Israel, Libya, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, UAE, Yemen

Arab Digest · Qatar, The Feud And The Future Of The GCC

Exporting corruption from the Arab world

Posted on 14 October 202015 October 2020Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Spain, UAE, UK, USA

As 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 12 October 2020Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Bahrain, China, Covid-19, GCC, Israel, Kuwait, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

A 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 25 September 2020Author Hugh MilesCategories PodcastsTags Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Normalisation, Palestine, Saudi, UAE

Arab Digest · From Obama to Trump: US policy in the Middle East

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