The Misadventures of Gulf Education Reforms
Public education in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) since the 1980s has...
Surprising Election Results and Assassination Attempt: What’s Next for Ir...
Nearly one month after the fifth parliamentary elections in Iraq, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi faced...
Kuwait’s Decade-Long Political Crisis Might Finally Be Ending
Over the last few years, Kuwaiti society has been preoccupied with discussing and debating a...
The Pitfalls of China’s Top-Level Engagement in the Gulf
In the wake of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, there have been some fears in...
The GCC’s “Religious Tolerance” Masks Political Intolerance
Since their independence, the six nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council have each developed sophisticated...
A Step Toward Democracy in Qatar
Last Saturday, thousands of Qataris went to the ballot boxes to choose their representatives on...
Iran’s Proxies and Iraq’s Parliamentary Elections: Ideological Rhetoric...
Lacking demonstrable political or economic achievements, Iranian proxies in Iraq—both the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)...
The GCC Must Navigate the End of Rentierism
The formation of the Fatimid Caliphate in Cairo is an interesting case for studying the...
Women Can Shape Qatar’s Political Future
There is no doubt that the participation of Qatari women in the country’s first Shura...
How the GCC Constitutions Manufacture Class Divisions
In all nations, a constitution establishes the legal basis for the government and lays out...
Tribes in the Gulf: Between Electoral Manipulation and Societal Division
Research and discussion about the role of tribes in societies throughout the Arab world almost...
For the UAE, Israeli Media is A Double-Edged Sword
Battles between different Gulf nations’ state-owned media outlets have become a common feature of Arab...