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Policy Watch: US Missed Opportunity on WTO
By Logan Barclift, Analyst IGA
Washington DC - In an ironic twist, two days before the fourth anniversary of the attacks of 9-11 the Bush administration signed a trade agreement with Saudi Arabia, home of the majority of the hijackers…
Saudis Release Leading Reformers
By IGA Staff
Newly Crowned King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has just issued a royal pardon releasing three leading liberal reformers, one of their lawyers and a religious scholar. Drs. Abdullah Al-Hamed and Matrook Al- Faleh, Poet Ali…
Time to Test King Abdullah
Fahd has been practically dead for 10 years, but his actual death is an opportunity to demand wide-ranging internal reforms from the ruling tribe of Al-Saud. King Abdullah is not the reformer the Bush administration and many American…
Policy Brief: Bahrain on Verge of Turmoil after Rape of Activist
Washington DC - Following the assault and rape of a young Bahraini activist, from the unemployed commission, two nights ago by the Bahrain security forces, hundreds of Bahrainis went to the streets and chanted anti government slogans.…
State of Deception: The Continuation of Saudi Arabia’s Curriculum of Hate
Contact: Joshua Haber and Adam Rozell
(202) 466-9500
Washington DC - The Institute for Gulf Affairs has released a report comparing the current edition of Saudi textbooks to statements made by the regime, emphasizing the deception…
Saudi Religious Dialogue in Madrid :Tolerance or Exploitation?
July 10, 2008
Contact: Mike Carver and Oscar Gilroy
202-466-9500
Washington DC - Today the Institute for Gulf Affairs released a paper on the Saudi government’s motivations relating to its interfaith dialogue in Madrid on July 16-18.…
After Sultan: Saudi Crown Prince Incapacitation Trigger Instability of Absolute Monarchy
A Policy brief by Ali Al-Ahmed and Logan Barclift
The Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Bin AbdulAziz has been rushed abruptly for urgent medical care to Geneva, Switzerland Saturday, a sign of a serious problem that may disturb the succession…
Saudi Government Responsible for Pilgrims Death
By Ali Al-Ahmed
January 13, 2006 - In what seems to be an annual occurrence, hundreds of Muslim pilgrims have died in a stampede while performing their religious duties outside Makkah, Saudi Arabia. This is the second tragedy that…
UAE: Peculiar Move must not Receive Acclamation
By Logan Barclift and Ali Al Ahmed
In a peculiar political move, the United Arab Emirates has moved to allow a few thousand people to elect half of the Federal National Council (FNC). The announcement was made December 1, 2005 by the…
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,…