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Six Questions for the Next U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain

News broke over the weekend that the State Department has approved a new arms deal with [...]

UK has sold £3.6 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since conflict with Yemen began, report finds as DSEI begins

Government accused of hypocrisy and ‘rolling out the red carpet’ to repressive governments as Excel centre [...]

Saudi Arabia government ‘funded dry run’ for 9/11, legal documents claim

Two Saudi nationals and government employees tested flight deck security on internal flight The Saudi [...]

Deafening silence on Rohingya Muslims

The Open Discussions and The Gulf Cultural Club Invite you to a seminar on Deafening [...]

Saudi society is rigid, its youth restless. The prince’s reforms need to succeed

The kingdom’s vast privatisation programme is as significant for its social consequences as it is [...]

What the U.S. Can Do About Anti-Shia Discrimination in Bahrain

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was right this week to highlight Bahrain’s anti-Shia discrimination. Speaking at [...]