Monday, October 15, 2012

Will Bahrain's Parliament Go the Way of Kuwait?

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As usual, I've been quite busy lately with various writing commitments. The most substantial of these is the fabled dissertation-to-bo...
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Sunday, September 30, 2012

The Uprising is Over. But What Is the Price of Bahrain's Victory?

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For a recent publication on Bahrain, I was forced to go back and forth with an editor over the question of whether the February 14th uprisin...
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Monday, September 17, 2012

The Dangerous U.S. Double Standard on Islamic Extremism

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I have an article in Foreign Policy's Mideast Channel today on " The Dangerous U.S. Double Standard on Islamic Extremism ." ...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

To Ban or Not to Ban ... Al-Wifaq

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The big news this week in Bahrain is actually old news. Following the latest "unauthorized" protest by al-Wifaq in response to ...
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Bahrain Now Hostage to Its Own Sectarian Political Strategy

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Whatever else it was, yesterday's verdict in the appeal of Bahrain's opposition leaders was certainly not a surprise. After a week...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Sunni Islamists Testing Political Boundaries Altered (Or Not) by the Uprising

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The main subject of today's post is illustrative in that it follows conveniently from the main conclusion of the previous one. There , ...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Unable to Please Everyone, Bahrain Caves to Advocates of a New Crackdown

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King Hamad congratulates 'Adal al-Ma'awdah on his recent trip to Syria For the last post, I made the mistake of waiting for the cour...
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