by Enrica Fei | Sep 5, 2019 | Analysis
By Enrica Fei5/9/2019 On August 14, a major explosion occurred in the gas transportation pipeline of the Electricity Distribution Station of Alhartha, located in Iraq’s southern governorate of Basra. Although local sources have talked of some “technical cause,” the...
by Dr. Theodore Karasik and Jacopo Spezia Depretto | May 3, 2019 | Analysis
By Dr. Theodore Karasik and Jacopo Spezia Depretto 3/5/2019 Amid public pressure, ties between Israel and Gulf monarchies will have to be limited to informal meetings, public denials, middlemen and foreign subsidiary companies.In 1967, when asked “what sequence of...
by GSA | Jan 16, 2018 | Bahrain
Jerusalem crisis raises sensitive political dilemma for Bahrain’s leadership December 5 European Union adds Bahrain to new tax haven blacklist The EU has added Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, to a new blacklist consisting of 17 jurisdictions deemed by Brussels...
by Sigurd Neubauer | Nov 9, 2017 | Analysis
By Sigurd Neubauer November 9, 2017 Despite the city of Dubai’s remarkable success in transforming herself into a sprawling western-style financial hub, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) faced its most significant diplomatic crisis to-date in 2006. As American...
by GSA | Oct 17, 2017 | Bahrain
• Officials in Manama maintain hardline stance against Doha amid Qatar crisis • Bahraini monarch opposes Arab boycott against Israel • U.S. approves USD 3.8 billion arms sale to Bahrain • Bahraini leadership blasts Amnesty International’s “inaccuracies” in report on...
