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Saudi Women Break Monarchy’s Ban on Driving
May 21, 2011
The Saudi women’s driving rights campaign took on a new challenge as activist Manal Al-Sharif, accompanied by leading advocate for women’s rights Wajeha AlHuwaider, drove on the streets of Khober in the kingdom’s Eastern…
Bahrain: the Powder Keg of the Gulf
Bahrain's Sectarian Challenge
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
A little over four years after Sheikh Hamad bin `Isa al-Khalifa announced a sweeping reform plan, Bahrain's fragile liberal experiment is poised to stall, or, worse,…
The Future of Democracy in Iraq
Abstract: This paper deals with the probability of establishing a democracy in Iraq, a country whose citizens never experienced a democratic government and lived under a tyrannical regime for centuries. Iraqi people practice the…
Time to End the Gulf Gerontocracies
By Logan Barclift
The Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, 77, was hospitalized recently, just three months after taking reign following the death of the late Emir Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah.
In January the late Emir died after a long…
Iraqi Parliament’s Move Curtails Violence and Encourages Participation
By Logan Barclift
In a move to take away the Sunni Arab minority's ability to block the new constitution by suppressing turnout, the Iraqi parliament has passed a law that two-thirds of registered voters must vote to reject the…
Analysis: US Wrong on Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir’s Identity
September 7, 2006
In his first tape release, the current leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq gave a different name than what was originally released by the U.S. and Iraqi governments.
The real identity of Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir has been…
Dissolution of the Kuwaiti National Assembly: A Positive Move
Dissolution of the Kuwaiti National Assembly: A Positive MoveJune 15, 2006
By Logan Barclift
In May the Emir of Kuwait dissolved the National Assembly when three legislators requested that the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Sabah, a…
Kuwait: After the Elections
Last month's dissolution of Kuwait's National Assembly was the result of frustrations that have been building for many years. Disagreement between the government and the Assembly over further increases in wages for public employees…
Obama Can Hit Two Birds with One Stone
By Matthew Mainen
As the rightwing Likud party’s Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to assume the Israeli premiership for the second time in his career, he inherits a Middle East drastically different than that inherited during his first…
What Should Obama Say in Riyadh
By Ali Al-Ahmed
Washington DC - President Barack Obama is certainly not going to see the dismembered body of a beheaded convict in the center of the Saudi capital Riyadh, when arrives there today to meet the Saudi king Abdullah. …