Analysis

Joe Lauria Jun 15, 2012 UNITED NATIONS // Fears of militant Islamists taking over in Syria are fuelling Moscow's unyielding support for Damascus, which has earned it strong condemnation from the US and the West, analysts and observers…

For questions please contact Jared at (202)-466-9500 or jared@gulfinstitute.org. Washington DC - The Institute for Gulf Affairs issued a report today analyzing the myriad of problems plaguing Yemen and its government. The report…

By Kevin Bishop U.S. government praised the recent election of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi to the presidency of Yemen, and saw it as promising for democratic reform in Yemen’s future. President Obama claimed that “Yemen has the potential…

By Alexandre Hawath The tiny, conservative gulf emirate Qatar, surrounded by the Iranian and Saudi giants, offered little promise of regional or world leadership even 20 years ago. Since then, however, Qatar has effectively…

By Lev Yuriditsky For anyone following the developments in the Middle East, it is apparent that Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are circling the countries of the Arab Spring like vultures over a dying cattle. The changing domestic make-up…

By Lev Yuriditsky As the civil war in Libya is coming to an end and the country is paving the way for a new beginning, a new government and new relations with the rest of the world, another one is on a rapid climb towards its climax in…

By Matthew Mainen There are many positive signs that Libya and Israel will have diplomatic relations. First, Bernard Henry Levi accidently leaked the National Transitional Council’s desire to establish ties. Then, leader of the exiled…

July 18, 2011 By Lev Yuriditsky While the majority of the U.S. and Western world focuses on the Libyan Revolution and occasionally glances at Syria, a grave situation is developing in Yemen - A civil war, revolution, humanitarian crisis,…

June 23, 2011 By Lev Yuriditsky Iran has made gestures toward the new Egyptian government ostensibly under the guise of wanting to start fresh but actually motivated by a desire to sway Egypt into Iran’s axis and away from Saudi…

6/7/11 By Joshua Jacobs As observers wait to see if the second ceasefire in less than a week will hold in Yemen it has become clear that President Saleh, who is now being treated for his injuries in Saudi Arabia, and his allies…