Added on 13/08/2011
James M. Dorsey
Al Ahly , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Bahrain , Bahrain Football Association , Barak Obama , East Africa , Egypt , FIFA , Gulf Cooperation Council , Gulf island , Hillary Clinton , Iran , James M. Dorsey , Libya , Middle East , Mohammed Hubail , Nanyang Technological University , Nanyang Technological University's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies , National Guard , North Africa , Obama , President , Protests , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of State , Shiaa , Soccer , Sunnis , Syria , Tunisia , United States , United States Navy , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: Mr. Obama does not want to put at risk the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet; nor does he want to cross what is a red line for Saudi.
Added on 09/08/2011
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , Ahmet Davutoglu , Arab League , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , Christoph Wilcke , Crown Prince , Damascus , East Africa , Facebook , Gulf Cooperation Council , Human Rights Watch , Iran , James M. Dorsey , Jordan , Journalist , Lebanon , Middle East , Morocco , Nanyang Technological University , Nanyang Technological University's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies , North Africa , President , Prime Minister , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , The Wall Street Journal , Turkey , Turkish military , UN Security Council
JAMES M. DORSEY: Irrespective of his motives, King Abdullah has made a major contribution to the ending of the bloodletting in Syria.
Added on 11/07/2011
Juan Cole
Ali Abdullah Saleh , Barack Obama , Cairo , Casablanca , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Essam Sharaf , France , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hosni Mubarak , Italy , John Brennan , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , Muammar Qaddafi , Mustafa Abdel Jalil , Nicolas Sarkozy , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama , Obama administration , Oil states , Pentagon , President , Prime Minister , Rabat , Riyadh , Silvio Berlusconi , Syria , Tahrir Square , Transitional National Council , Tripoli , Turkey , United Nations , United States , White House , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Protestors are out on Tahrir Square again, there is a television ‘debate’ in Syria about democracy, the Americans are working on Saleh while vacillating on Libya and protestors are out on the street in Morocco. A busy week in the region then.
Added on 09/07/2011
James M. Dorsey
Ali Abdullah Saleh , Assad , Colonel , East Africa , Egypt , guard , Gulf Cooperation Council , Iran , Libya , Middle East , Muammar Qaddafi , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Saudi Arabia , Syria , The US ambassador , Tunisia , United Nations , United States , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: Western and Arab nations have more to gain from real engagement with Mr. Assad’s opponents than from symbolic gestures and silence.
Added on 08/06/2011
Steve Royston
Abdullah II , Albert Einstein , Anwar Sadat , Arab League , Artist , Bahrain , Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , CNN , Congress , Crown Prince , Democracy , Desmond Tutu , Egypt , Europe , Faisal , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hussain , Jordan , Kuwait , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , Novelist , Ohio , Oil wealth , President , Prime Minister , Saudi Arabia , U.S. Congress , United States , Wael Ghonim , Washington
STEVE ROYSTON: There are many reasons why the ‘Arab Voice’ is so weak in the United States. But that doesn’t give leaders and opinion formers an excuse.
Added on 27/04/2011
Juan Cole
Ali Abdullah Saleh , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Egypt , Gaza , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hamas , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Levant , Libya , Moroccan government , Mosul , Natural gas , Oil , Oman , President , Prime Minister , Riyadh , Sultan Qaboos , Syria , Tehran , Turkey , United States , Yemen
JUAN COLE: The Arab Spring is still producing some positive reforms and questioning of past corrupt practices, and even major governmental change.
Added on 07/04/2011
James M. Dorsey
Ala'a Hubail , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Bahrain , Bahrain TV , Basketball , Beijing , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Gulf Cooperation Council , handball , London , Manama , Manama’s Pearl Square , New Zealand , Protests , Saudi Arabia , Soccer , Sport , The Times
JAMES M. DORSEY: Bahraini sports clubs have dismissed at least 12 sports people and executives because they participated in anti-government demonstrations.
Added on 07/04/2011
Tabsir
Al-Wefaq , Bahrain , Bahrain’s government , Civil society , Europe , Gulf Cooperation Council , Iran , Kuwait , Libya , Manama , Oman , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Tehran , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States , Washington
GENIEVE ABDO, JASIM HUSAIN, TABSIR: While the mainstream opposition in Bahrain distances itself from Iran, the noises from Tehran are becoming more strident and belligerent
Added on 19/03/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
Ali Abdullah Saleh , Bahrain , Bahrain Financial Harbour , Bahraini government , chess , Crown Prince , Egypt , Fateh , Gulf Cooperation Council , Gulf News , Hizballah , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Iraq , Lebanon , Martial law , Prime Minister , Saudi , Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa , Tahrir Square , Unemployment , United Arab Emirates , Yemen
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: Failure to engage in dialogue will prolong the political stalemate, lead to further radicalisation on both sides.