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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.

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.

JCPOA 2.0: a pinch of hope and a dose of reality

20 January 2021William LawArab Digest EmailIran, Iraq, Israel, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

With a Biden administration in place, the Gulf is daring to hope that a new deal will curb Iran’s nuclear weapons appetite for good. But that’s ignoring Israel’s fears.

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.

It’s so long Don and hello Joe

10 November 2020William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA, Yemen

Some are pleased and some uneasy but Middle East leaders are all prepared to move on to Biden as the Trump presidency recedes in the rearview mirror.

What Next for the Middle East Strategic Alliance?

29 October 202029 October 2020William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, 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.