Religion and Politics in Bahrain

"The Battle of Karbala' still rages between the two sides in the present and in the future. It is being held within the soul, at home and in all areas of life and society. People will remain divided and they are either in the Hussain camp or in the Yazid camp. So choose your camp." — 'Ashura' banner in Manama, 2006

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Understanding Sectarianism in the Persian Gulf

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I know, two posts in one day: crazy, right? I just couldn't hold off on this one. Those who follow the blog somewhat regularly wil...

The Three Reinforcing Conflicts of Bahrain

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In an unprecedented development, tonight's Brookings event on Bahrain went off without so much as a single thrown shoe or sectarian epi...
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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Brookings Doha Event on Bahrain

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Please excuse my extended absence from posting as I've been completely occupied finalizing the details of my longtime childhood friend K...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Kuwait, Not Escalating Violence, Could Be a Game-Changer for Bahrain

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One day early last month I received several not-quite-frantic e-mails asking if I knew anything about a meeting said to be scheduled to t...
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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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Justin Gengler
I study political behavior and group conflict in the Arab Gulf region using mass survey data. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan in 2011, after which I joined the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) at Qatar University. I spent most of 2007-2008 in Yemen and the rest of 2008 through summer 2009 in Bahrain conducting dissertation research.
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