Joshua Jacobs
Joshua Jacobs is a Gulf Policy Analyst and published columnist at the Institute for Gulf Affairs. Joshua has published and co-authored papers on Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Oman and wrote the timely IGA policy brief on Bahrain. His…
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Yemen Burns to Al-Qaeda’s Delight
By Joshua Jacobs
May 26, 2011
For the fifth straight day heavy fighting gripped Yemen’s capital of Sana’a as fighters loyal to the head of the powerful Hashid tribal confederation Sheik Sadiq al-Ahmar battled security forces loyal to…
Blunder in Bahrain
By Joshua Jacobs
June 1, 2011
There is no country affected by the Arab Spring that the US has made more mistakes and miscalculations in than Bahrain. Though King Hamad announced that he would lift the state of emergency as promised on…
Shifty Saleh Brings Yemen to the Brink
By Joshua Jacobs
May 24, 2011
Time has run out for Yemen’s embattled strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh. On Monday in the firmest statement yet from the Obama administration Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanded that President Saleh stand…
American Praising of Saudi Despots is Counterproductive
Oct 13, 2009
By Kate McMahon
Washington DC - I am perplexed by the level of excitement surrounding the opening of King Abdullah University this week. The silliness reminds me of the contestants in the TV program, "The Price is Right."…
NRO: Hide and Seek
Aug 3, 2009By Nina Shea and Ali al-AhmedFor nearly 25 years, the Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA), the Virginia school founded by royal decree of Saudi King Fahd in 1984, immersed students of its Islamic-studies curriculum in the same Wahhabi…
Obama should take a firm stand against Saudi Arabia too
Jul 15, 2009
As the protests in Iran continue, President Obama is wisely toughening his stance against the Iranian government. That he is gradually strengthening his rhetoric is a brilliant example of his ability to navigate…
Is Obama Ignoring American Rights in Saudi Arabia?
Jul 15, 2009
By Amanda Gramley
“The United States and the international community have been appalled and outraged by the threats, the beatings and imprisonments of the last few days. I strongly condemn these unjust actions.” …
Is Obama’s Policy in the Gulf Flawed?
May 24, 2011
By Abigail Casey
President Obama’s speech last week on the Arab Spring and the prospects for democratic transition in the Middle East and North Africa was largely a repeat of previously stated policy objectives and clichéd…
The Gulf Institute’s director pointed Osama Ben Laden hideout in 2009
May 5, 2011
In November 18, 2009 IGA Director Ali Al-Ahmed spoke at AEI’s Critical Threats briefing concerning Pakistan’s war in Waziristan and the security implications of that conflict.
One of the topics that came up was the…