Help US stop the humanitarian crisis in Yemen
April 29, 2015
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Washington DC --The Institute for Gulf Affairs has launched the American Task Force for Yemen (ATFY), a working group called to end the Saudi-led war in Yemen that is taking a devastating…
Investigation: Gulf Institute Exposes U.N. Security Council Legal Incompetence on Yemen
April 16, 2015
Washington DC –Following the hasty United Nations Security Council’s approval of Resolution 2216 on Yemen, an investigation by the Institute for Gulf Affairs found that the resolution was based on false grounds that…
How will the new King Salman change Saudi Arabia?
Ali Al-Ahmed, born in Saudi Arabia's eastern province. His parents, siblings, nephew and uncle all spent long periods in jail, so he emigrated to the US. He now runs the Institute for Gulf Affairs in Washington, a think tank critical of the…
King Salman’s government: A Two-Headed Camel
February 3, 2015
By Ali AlAhmed and Sayan Das Gupta
Washington D.C. - Days after the passing of his brother King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, the new King Salman engineered the largest cabinet shake-up in recent Saudi history. The move…
Driving, sports, and women in Saudi Arabia
By Ossob Mohamud - - Sunday, December 14, 2014
Loujain Al-Hathlool. This is the name that every woman in the West should know. Loujain is a young woman who drove her car trying to cross into Saudi Arabia but was stopped and then…
Report: Killing Them Softly- Saudi Ban on Women Sports is Harming Their Health
December 11, 2014
Washington DC – – The Institute for Gulf Affairs has released an in-depth report on the various health effects on the Saudi women population stemming from official restrictions on women’s participation in sports and…
Saudi Support? Questions Surrounding the Wealth of ISIS
By Sandra Mensah | November 12, 2014
ISIS appeared on the world stage in August 2014 with a series of horrific and gruesome beheadings. Soon thereafter, their astounding wealth was uncovered. A Foreign Policy article named the group, the…
American-Chinese-Saudi Love Triangle
Contact: Daniel Morillo
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Monday, August 11, 2014
Washington, D,C—The Gulf Institute release's its report on the dynamic and evolving relationship between the United State, China and Saudi Arabia.…
Panel Discussion: ISIS, Iraq, & the Gulf States
You are cordially invited to
ISIS, Iraq, & the Gulf States
A panel discussion with
Dr. Shireen Hunter
Visiting Professor at Georgetown University
Dr. Abbas Kadhim
Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins,…
Look Who’s Talking: Sectarianism, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia
Contact: Christopher Denbow
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Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Washington, DC – The Institute for Gulf Affairs released a comparative analysis on sectarianism and marginalization in Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
This 20-page analysis…