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The Gulf Also Rises

Becoming a globally competitive hub is the driver of much of the Arab Gulf’s recent success in the travel and logistics sectors, which propel global connectivity.

Rory Miller

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Persian Gulf Oct 24, 2016 Snapshot

The Gulf Also Rises

Becoming a globally competitive hub is the driver of much of the Arab Gulf’s recent success in the travel and logistics sectors, which propel global connectivity.

Rory Miller

China May 5, 2016 Letter From

Bahrain's Dragon City

China's ambitions in the Middle East often include the building of mega malls.

Sara Birkenthal

Persian Gulf Jul 14, 2015 Snapshot

Bridging the Gulf in the Gulf

A post-deal policy that focuses exclusively on rolling back Iranian power will produce confrontation rather than diminish it. A policy that includes a parallel effort...

Frederic Wehrey and Richard Sokolsky

A staff removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of Unites States, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna Internation

Middle East May 25, 2015 Snapshot

Nuclear Power to the People

There’s a gold rush in the Middle East, but it isn’t gold that prospectors are seeking. It’s reactor sales. Whatever the energy promise of the peaceful atom, evidently...

Bennett Ramberg

A view of the reactor at the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, 746 miles south of Tehran, February 25, 2009.

Obama Administration May 18, 2015 Snapshot

Obama's Arab Security Strategy

Twenty-five years ago, in the wake of the Gulf War, the first Bush administration sketched out a plan for the security of its Arab partners. The original had Iraq in...

David Ottaway

Anti-Houthi fighters of the Southern Popular Resistance stand on a tank in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, May 10, 2015.

Politics & Society Jun 30, 2013 Letter From

Bahrain's Fake Sectarian War

Bahrain's government responded to national protests by portraying itself as the victim of a Shia revolt. In reality, that is precisely what the government has always...

Reza Aslan

Middle East Oct 13, 2011 Snapshot

Saudi Arabia's Invisible Hand in the Arab Spring

From the very beginning of the revolt in the Middle East, Riyadh has reached beyond its borders to influence events. So far, the kingdom has successfully outmaneuvered...

John R. Bradley

Security Oct 11, 2011 Snapshot

Iran and Saudi Arabia Square Off

Yesterday's announcement of a plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States is just the latest story in the struggle now unfolding between Iran...

Mohsen M. Milani

Civil Society Sep 7, 2011 Snapshot

Pushing for Reform in Bahrain

The small island kingdom of Bahrain has emerged as a crucial test of the Obama administration's response to the Arab Spring. But Washington has been too passive so far...

Joost R. Hiltermann

Civil Society May 15, 2011 Snapshot

How Radical are Bahrain's Shia?

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has blamed Bahrain's recent protests on Shia extremists. But close examination reveals that Shia there are more secular than their Sunni...

Justin Gengler

Democratization Apr 5, 2011 Snapshot

Bahrain's Base Politics

For years, Pentagon officials took comfort in the relative stability of Bahrain, which serves as a major base for the U.S. military. But the protests in the country...

Alexander Cooley and Daniel H. Nexon

Politics & Society Mar 2, 2011 Snapshot

Bahrain’s Shia Question

The democratic uprising taking place in Bahrain has been accompanied by concerns of Shia insurrection and resurgent Iranian influence. The United States should not buy...

Kristin Smith Diwan

Politics & Society Feb 28, 2011 Snapshot

Bahrain’s Re-Reform Movement

Bahrain has a longstanding consensus in favor of moderate reform, including reinstating a constitutional monarchy. But has this month's violence closed the window for...

Jane Kinninmont

Democratization Feb 24, 2011 Snapshot

Transformation in the Middle East

This is a threshold moment for the entire Middle East. It is still unclear how far revolution will spread and what will come of it, but the president’s deft handling...

Robert H. Pelletreau

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