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Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 December 2017

Succession in Gulf Arab states.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 10 May 2024

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

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 September 2020

The emir in November 2019 ordered work to begin on long-delayed legislative polls for the Shura Council, requiring decisions on voting mechanisms and electoral districting. The…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254860

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 April 2021

The government is also curtailing legislators’ right to cross-question ministers, especially the prime minister -- a distinctive feature of the Kuwaiti system that has long given…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261017

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 19 February 2015

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…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 13 March 2019

This comes ahead of by-elections on March 16 for two parliamentary seats vacated by opposition MPs after a court sentenced them to prison time for a crime of which they had…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB242502

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 26 September 2016

This bill creates an exception to US foreign sovereign legal immunity for supporters of terrorism. Although JASTA passed Congress on an untallied voice vote, unofficial vote…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 3 April 2018

Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states have in recent months stepped up regulation on cyber issues: Bahrain arrested six people on March 31 over "defamatory" tweets. The wider…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 6 February 2018

The Qatar crisis in June 2017 was similarly sparked by a piece of ‘fake news’ planted on Doha’s national news agency showing the Qatari emir as expressing support for Iran and the…

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