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The deal enhances US security cooperation with Manama. However, Bahraini civil society advocates are concerned that the defence agreement has put building Gulf security ahead of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282109
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Prospects for the Gulf states in 2017.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB216142
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The pandemic has compounded existing economic and political crises in Beirut and Baghdad, with the securitisation of the response straining military and state legitimacy…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254157
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Prospects for Iran in 2020.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247660
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Prior to the 2011 Arab uprisings many states in the region lacked legal frameworks to regulate or control digital platforms and online media, but this is no longer the case. In…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197781
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The functions, authorities and memberships of those bodies, however, vary widely. The development of each depended on the real or perceived threat of political opposition, the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286960
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Russia's deepening military intervention in Syria has lent renewed urgency to Qatari and Saudi efforts to channel weaponry and support to Syria's faltering rebel groups.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205936
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Islamist movements in the smaller GCC states.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205512
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The two candidates differ on the timing, scope and scale of US regional engagement. Biden was a strong critic of the policy changes Trump introduced regarding the 2015 Iran…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257215
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The country has struggled with internal unrest for decades, and the government ensured that opposition representatives were prevented from standing in the election. Despite the…