The Renewed Dilemma: Gulf Security From an Iranian View

Gulf-Iran relations are sometimes characterized by contradictions. In times when we witness numerous tensions in relations because of some controversial issues, we note that there are...

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The Gulf “Coordination” Rather Than “Cooperation” Council: the Challenges of Shaping a Union Before the Member Countries

The GCC has achieved various successes since its inception in 1981, and in principle it has developed from a security and military union to economic integration, embodied in a customs...

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Bahrain Concise Quarterly Economic Report: Q1 2014

A quarterly publication that provides an overview of the current state of the Bahraini economy and analyzes it. In the “Policy Focus” section, the report analyzes an important current...

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Between Europe and the Gulf: Reconsidering Strategic Interest in the Middle East

The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) organized a conference in the Kempinski Dead Sea Resort in Jordan entitled, Between Europe and the Gulf: Reconsidering Strategic Interest in the Middle...

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Bahrain Concise Quarterly Economic Report: Q4 2013

A quarterly publication that provides an overview of the current state of the Bahraini economy and analyzes it. In the “Policy Focus” section, the report analyzes an important current...

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Bahrain Concise Quarterly Economic Report: Q3 2013

A quarterly publication that provides an overview of the current state of the Bahraini economy and analyzes it. In the “Policy Focus” section, the report analyzes an important current...

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The Malfunctioning of the GCC Single Market: Features, Causes and Remedies

Five years after its inception, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) single market is malfunctioning in a litany of ways: there remain restrictions on the movement of goods, capital and...

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