Bahrain Sentences Man to Death for Killing Policeman: Agency

The BNA news agency quoted the Bahraini public prosecutor’s office as saying the High Criminal Court also sentenced 11 other suspects, most of them in absentia, in the same case to terms...

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Crisis, What Crisis? – The Al-Qaeda Takeover of Syria

This weekend it was reported that al-Qaeda affiliated rebels were “almost completely in control” of the last major government held city in the Idlib province in northern Syria. This is...

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Winners and Losers in the Changing Arab Gulf Fighter Market

For decades, the Arab Gulf countries have been a very strong market for Western combat aircraft manufacturers. The Mideast is the largest single export fighter market, accounting for...

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Fallout From a Bad Deal With Iran

Ever since Sept. 11, 2001, whenever Americans seem especially polarized over a controversial issue, you hear pundits recall how united we’d became in the aftermath of that vicious...

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Will Iran Attempt to Seize Control of Saudi Oilfields?

In 1976 an investment banker turned adventure novelist, Paul Erdman, penned a best-selling thriller, The Crash of ’79. Center to the plot was the Shah of Iran making a grab for the...

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Pakistan and Gulf Security: Mixed Signals

Pakistan and Gulf Security: Mixed Signals Home / Research / Research By Program / Strategic and International Studies /Pakistan and Gulf Security: Mixed Signals In the ongoing...

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Pakistan and Gulf Security: Mixed Signals

In the ongoing Yemeni crisis, Pakistan is faced with a strange dilemma. On one side is Saudi Arabia which had always been forthcoming with aid to Pakistan in times of crisis.

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