Added on 02/05/2011
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Al-Ahram Center , Army , Asaf Ali Zardari , Ayman al-Zawahiri , Barack Obama , Bush , Bush Administration , Central America , Central Intelligence Agency , CNN , Congress , Department of State , Dick Cheney , Dome of the Rock , Dwight Eisenhower , Egypt , Egyptian military , Fahd , France , fundraiser , Gaza Strip , Inter-Services Intelligence , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jeddah , Jerusalem , Joe Biden , Kabul , Kuwait , Leonid Brezhnev , Libya , Middle East , Obama , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Pakistani intelligence , Palestinian Territories , Pentagon , Peshawar , President , Prime Minister , Ronald Reagan , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , Soviet Union , Sudan , Syria , Taliban , Tunisia , UN Security Council , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , US government , USG , Washington , West Bank , White House
JUAN COLE: Post Osama, President Obama should do us all a favour and now remove U.S. troops from Iraq.
Added on 27/04/2011
Omar al-Issawi
Arab League , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Iran , Israel , Middle East , President , Saudi Arabia , Security services , Syria , Turkey , UN Human Rights Council
OMAR AL-ISSAWI: The Syrian authorities have made their decision – it’s to be full-scale repression. The choice threatens to tear the country apart.
Added on 24/04/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
anthropologist , Bahrain , Dubai , European Union , Facebook , GCC , Government , Gulf News , Iran , Jeddah , United Arab Emirates
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: In the GCC what we need is an intellectual evolution of enlightenment not a political
revolution against government.
Added on 24/04/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
Algeria , Bahrain , Dubai , Entrepreneurship , GCC , health care services , higher oil prices , Iran , Oil , Oman , Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries , Public Relations , Venezuela
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: The GCC is at a crossroads – its growth requirements are in direct conflict with the needs of the world’s net consumers of oil.
Added on 19/04/2011
Omar al-Issawi
Bin Laden , Democracy , Europe , France , Gaddafi , Geneva , Hannibal , Indonesia , Iran , Libya , Muammar Gaddafi , Muslim Brotherhood , Niqab , Oil supplies , President , Saudi Arabia , Switzerland , Terry Jones , Women
OMAR AL ISSAWI: Playing the victim, engendering sympathy and hurling accusations of conspiracy, persecution and discrimination will only get a cause so far…
Added on 16/04/2011
Michael J. Totten
America , Arab League , Assad , Baath Party in Syria , Beirut , Damascus , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Green Movement , guard , Hamas , Hizballah , Iran , Israel , Lebanon , Libya , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Protests , Syria
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Now that the Arab revolt is slamming hard into Bashar al-Assad’s Baath Party in Syria, no dictator will be able to sleep without consuming copious amounts of pills.
Added on 14/04/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
AED , Bahrain , Energy , Entrepreneurship , Finance , finance minister , International Atomic Energy Agency , Iran , Kuwait , Mishaal Al Gergawi , Oil , oil prices , oil reserves , Qatar , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , United Arab Emirates , Venezuela
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: Unlike an Emirati or Qatari, a Saudi doesn’t have delusional expectations of financial entitlement and pre-deserved stature at the marketplace. A Saudi is glad to find a job at all.
Added on 13/04/2011
David Roberts
Iran , Iranian government , Kuwait , Kuwaiti MP
DAVID ROBERTS: It’s not the best of times between Iran and several of its neighbours at the moment. The rhetoric is rising and several members of the Kuwaiti parliament are joining in with gusto.
Added on 11/04/2011
David Roberts
Abdullah , Abdullah II , Bahrain , Bahrain’s government , Doha , gas field , Gulf Co-operation Council , Gulf News , Hizballah , Iran , Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Jordan , Josh Rogin , Kuwait , Kuwait Times , League of Nations , Levant , Muscat , oil fields , Oman , Qatar , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Shia , Spy , Tehran , UAE , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom
DAVID ROBERTS: These events take place in the context of growing Shia power, encapsulated by the notion of a Shia crescent ‘enveloping’ the region…
Added on 10/04/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
AED , Arab Gulf , Bloomberg , China , Education , Energy , Energy needs , Iran , Kuwait , Middle East , Oil and gas , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: We seem to be in a constant state of ‘re-assessment’ or ‘re-evaluation’ of education in the region. Bottom line: We’re still not delivering.
Added on 10/04/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Abdullah , Bahrain , Barack Obama , Egypt , Hillary Rodham Clinton , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Middle East , Nigeria , Obama administration , Oil , oil prices , Oil production , Persian Gulf , President , Riyadh , Robert Gates , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of Defense , Secretary of State , the Associated Press , United States , Venezuela
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Whenever the words ‘United States’ and ‘Saudi Arabia’ occur in the same sentence it seems inevitable that the phrase ‘dependence on oil’ will appear too.
Added on 07/04/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
Army , Bahrain , Dubai , Economy , Gulf News , Iran , Lee Kuan Yew , Oil , Oman , Paranoia , real estate sector , Singapore , United Arab Emirates , United States
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: Incubation is the most innovative role governments can play, sparking industries whose high start up costs are a barrier to entry.
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 05/04/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
AED , Bahrain , Berlin , Fatah , Hamas , Hizballah , Hosni Mubarak , India , International Atomic Energy Agency , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , north Yemen , Sa'ad Hariri , Syria , Yemen
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: Bahrain was clearly a red line for the GCC, but the challenges now facing the organisation require deft political skill.
Added on 03/04/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
airline , Al Qaeda , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Bahrain , GCC , Gulf News , Gulf of Aden , health care services , Iran , Iraq , Kuwait , Middle East , oil reserves , Oman , President , Qatar , Sultan Al Nahyan , United Arab Emirates , Yemen
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: Yemen’s problems could be solved, in part, by the GCC coming together with member countries taking what they are best at, and imparting know-how to the Gulf’s poorest country.
Added on 02/04/2011
Steve Royston
Baghdad , Bahrain , BBC , Beirut , Facebook , Hizballah , Iran , Kuala Lumpur , Local media , Malaysia , Manama , Pearl Roundabout , policeman , Salmaniya Hospital , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , South Asia , Thailand , The New York Times
STEVE ROYSTON: The past two weeks have witnessed enormous upheaval in the tiny island of Bahrain. On my return from holiday the changes are immediately evident.
Added on 29/03/2011
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , Ali Khamenei , America , Arab League , Barack Obama , Bush Administration , CNN , Colin Powell , France , Hamas , Hizballah , Hizbullah , Iowa , Iran , Iraq , Iraqi parliament , Lebanon , Libya , Michelle Bachmann , Middle East , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Pentagon , Piers Morgan , President , Republican presidential candidate , Rupert Murdoch , Saddam Hussein , Sarah Palin , Supreme , Tehran , United Nations , United States , US military , Washington
JUAN COLE: President Obama’s speech last night demonstrated clearly the qualities of leadership that those who seek to challenge him simply do not possess.
Added on 29/03/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
AED , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , Ba’ath Party , Corruption , Damascus , Egypt , Europe , Gulf News , Hafez Al Assad , Hamas , Hizballah , Homs , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Mishaal Al Gergawi , Morocco , Paranoia , President , Salah Al Bitar , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Syrian government , Turkey , United States , Yemen
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: Should a new Syrian government have a more hedged policy towards Iran, Turkey, GCC, US and Europe, Iran would be dealt a blow.
Added on 27/03/2011
Naseem Tarawnah
Amman , Egypt , Food and Drink , Governor , Hizballah , Interior Ministry , Iran , Jordan , Ministry of Interior , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , Prime Minister , Tahrir Square , Tear gas , Twitter , US Federal Reserve
NASEEM TARAWNAH: I joined the March 24th group’s sit-in with little expectation. What I witnessed has changed my view of my homeland.
Added on 26/03/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Egypt , Elections , Iran , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , the Associated Press , Tunisia , Women
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Arab News reports that the government has set a date for the second municipal elections. It does not report women cannot take part.
