Sunday, July 13, 2014

The New Bahraini Diplomacy:
Screw All You Guys

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-- "Man, I love this guy right here!" -- "No, THIS guy!" It is a telling descriptor of the state of U.S. diplomacy ...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Bahrain Contra Iraq: Foreign-backed "Terrorism" vs. Indigenous "Uprising"

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Bouncing around in my mind for a while now have been two big-picture thoughts related to Bahrain, which at some point soon hopefully I wil...
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Sunday, June 15, 2014

Iraq Chaos, Fear of U.S. Realignment Feeds Bahrain Conspiracy Mill

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If there's one thing disliked by most people, not to mention stock markets and autocratic leaders of nations held together by tenuous...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

A Tangled Web of Gulf Politics

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"So this means you guys are going to protect us no matter what -- right?" It's been a while since I've had a chance t...
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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...