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MENA’s hard road to democracy

15 October 2021Hugh MilesPodcastselections, Iraq, Qatar, Tunisia

Arab Digest · MENA's hard road to democracy

A good day for Mohammed bin Salman

11 October 2021William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK, USA, Yemen

The Saudi crown prince had a brace of wins on 7 October with the purchase of NUFC and the ditching of a UNHRC investigation into war crimes in Yemen.

Saudi school texts: cleaning up the act

30 September 2021William LawArab Digest EmailIsrael, Qatar, Saudi Arabia

After years of promising, and failing, to remove vicious antisemitism and other hateful material from school curriculum, the Saudis are finally scoring good grades ridding texts of intolerance, ignorance and prejudice.

Qatar plays a strong foreign policy hand

24 September 202124 September 2021Hugh MilesPodcastsAfghanistan, GCC, Iran, JCPOA, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi, Turkey, UAE

Arab Digest · Qatar plays a strong foreign policy hand

The Taliban and MENA

6 September 2021William LawArab Digest EmailAfghanistan, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, USA

Arab Digest talks to Sami Hamdi, editor in chief of The National Interest about the Taliban victory and its impact on the Middle East.

The Middle East weighs up the Taliban triumph

3 September 2021Hugh MilesPodcastsAfghanistan, GCC, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Taliban, UAE, USA

Arab Digest · The Middle East weighs up the Taliban triumph

Bridges to the Taliban

1 September 2021William LawArab Digest EmailAfghanistan, China, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, USA

As the seismic shock of the Taliban victory continues to reverberate in Western capitals, Doha and Ankara are well positioned to seek to influence the new regime and ameliorate the stark and threatening reality now facing the West.

Arab States and Afghanistan under the Taliban

25 August 202125 August 2021Hugh MilesArab Digest EmailAfghanistan, Al Qaeda, Egypt, IS, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

Summary: As the world adjusts to the Taliban victory, and the US and UK scramble to make the last evacuations before the looming 31 August deadline, Arab regimes face a disconcerting moment.

The Gulf and the Taliban

24 August 2021William LawArab Digest EmailAfghanistan, Qatar, Taliban, UAE, USA

Comings and goings as a deposed president flees Afghanistan and arrives in the UAE and a victorious Taliban leadership exits Doha for Kabul.

The weaponisation of moderate Islam

30 July 2021Hugh MilesPodcastsIslam, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

Arab Digest · The weaponisation of moderate Islam