Publications

By Joshua Jacobs Washington DC. March 6, 2012 Royal Pains The riskiness of having an aging pool of candidates, long a concern about Saudi Arabia, finally appears to be catching up to the al-Saud. More and more, it appears as though the…

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…

By Matthew Mainen President Obama entered office pledging to restore America’s moral standing in the world. But his response to the Arab Spring has thus far has left much to be desired. This week, however, the president allowed the U.S.…

The Gulf Institute's own Ali al-Ahmed published an article Fikra Forum about the Saudi led intervention in Bahrain. "Give the Saudi monarchy their dues. They are experts when it comes to manipulating political environment in their region…

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,…

30 June, 2011 By Matthew Mainen Several days ago, Bahrain slapped life sentences on 8 Bahraini human rights activists in closed trials. The State Department expressed “concern,” but U.S. policy towards these individuals shows otherwise.…