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  • Policy Differences Emerge Among Gulf States Days After Wooing President Trump

    BAHRAIN, 2017/05/29 Cracks have appeared in a Saudi-led, US-backed anti-terrorist political and military alliance days next US President Donald J. Trump ended a historic visit to Saudi Arabia. The cracks stem from Qatar’s long-standing fundamental policy differences with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates about Iran and the role of political Islam. The cracks emerged as the result of an anti-Qatar media and cyber campaign involving a spate of anti-Qatar articles in US and Gulf media; the blocking of Qatar-backed media websites and broadcasts in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt; statements by prominent former US government officials; and a recent seminar by the Washington-based Foundation for the Defense of Democracies that has long asserted that Qatar supports militant groups.

  • Bilateral Relations UK and Bahrain look to the future as they celebrate 200 years of history

    BAHRAIN, 2016/12/24 At the same time as Theresa May became the initial ever UK Prime Minister to attend the annual summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council in December 2016, it demonstrated the UK’s commitment to forging stronger ties in the region following the British public’s vote to exit the European Union six months before. Bahrain, the host of the 2016 GCC summit, perhaps best exemplifies the depth of the British connection to the Gulf. This year, both nations are marking the bicentenary of the Treaty of Friendship signed by Al Khalifa and William Brude, the Political Resident for Great Britain, which signifies the beginning of bilateral relations between the UK and Bahrain.

  • Shaping a regional GCC rebound

    BAHRAIN, 2015/11/28 Analyses of the prevailing global economic conditions and outlined key elements that could drive GCC to register a modest economic rebound in 2016.
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