Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Ambassadors for Hire

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Given the State Department's own recent negative evaluation of current U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain Thomas Krajeski, which of course on...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

An "Embassygate" to Overshadow GCCgate in Bahrain

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The publication of a damning new State Department Office of the Inspector General audit into the operations of U.S. Embassy Manama has sp...
Thursday, March 13, 2014

Bahrain and the GCCC: The Gulf Convenient Cooperation Council

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The news of the week, not least here in Doha, is of course the rare public spat between GCC member states.  Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the...
Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Tit for Tat in Bahrain

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Only two months into the 2011 uprising, Hussein Ibish created something of a stir with an article for Foreign Policy titled, " Is Bahr...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

America's 25 Most Awkward Allies

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A while back I was asked to contribute to an interesting project for Politico's new magazine on the U.S.'s uncomfortable relation...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

The New York Times' Hijacked Bahrain Op-Ed Efforts

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Continuing in its recently-established  tradition of giving credibility to misleading and/or entirely erroneous arguments about Iranian ...
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Monday, February 10, 2014

(Not) Breaking Ranks for Reform

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The temporary shot of adrenaline injected into the National Dialogue by the Crown Prince's meeting with opposition leaders did not last ...
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