Bill Law
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How 2022 saw a tectonic shift in power between Gulf states and the West
It was the year when a new breed of GCC leaders seized the opportunities Putin’s war presented and forced western countries to see the Gulf through new eyes → Read More
Arrest of Migrant Activist Puts Qatar in the Spotlight
Ahead of the 2022 World Cup, the detention of a Kenyan migrant worker activist in Qatar has set alarm bells ringing. → Read More
Saudi Arabia: A police state of which Stalin would have approved –
The phone call to the family lasted just one minute. It came 23 months after aid worker Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan had been arrested at the offices of the Red Crescent in Riyadh, where he worked co-ordinat... → Read More
Will the Biden Administration Bring the JCPOA Back to the Table?
President Biden faces huge difficulties in his attempt to revive the Iran nuclear deal. → Read More
Saudi Arabia Is on a Mission to Burnish Its Tarnished Image
Saudi Arabia hoped that hosting the G20 summit would help burnish its severely tarnished brand. → Read More
When It Comes to Israel, Saudi Arabia Is Playing an Astute Game
Riyadh’s position on normalization of relations with Israel is more complex than it may seem. → Read More
Khashoggi murder trial: A parody of justice in MBS' kingdom of fear
Enabled by the blinkered West, the Saudi crown prince acts with impunity → Read More
COVID-19 Puts the Brakes on Dubai, the “World’s Fastest City”
Dubai’s economy was already stuttering pre-pandemic, but now the picture has become even bleaker. → Read More
MBS and the kingdom of fear –
21 May marked UNESCO's World Day for Cultural Diversity and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a heavy contributor of UNESCO, released a beautifully shot and edited one-minute video that concluded with th... → Read More
In memory of Alia Abdulnoor –
On 4 May last year, an Emirati woman died in Abu Dhabi's Tawam Hospital. Her name was Alia Abdulnoor. She died chained to a bed in a windowless room with an armed guard her only companion. Her famil... → Read More
As Coronavirus Spreads, the Gulf’s Economic Prognosis Is Not Healthy
In the short term, Middle East equity markets have taken a terrific pummeling from the global impact of COVID-19. → Read More
A Downing Street coup for Egypt’s Sisi –
Although the British media made little of it, the 21 January meeting at 10 Downing Street between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi was a diplomatic coup for th... → Read More
A new Amnesty report has harsh words for Qatar –
'For five months I had to live with very little food and no salary. My family was really affected. Tears come to my eyes when I remember where we used to go to find food... in the bins.' That's ... → Read More
The steal of the century: stolen land, stolen water, stolen images –
Jared Kushner and Benjamin Netanyahu must have considered it the longest of long shots but what if the Palestinians by some wild stretch of the imagination had called their bluff on the 'deal of the... → Read More
Jared Kushner’s “Deal of the Century” Will Bury the Two-State Solution
The latest gambit in trying to maneuver the Palestinians into a corner is a conference in the Bahraini capital Manama set for the end of June. → Read More
Jared Kushner’s peace deal: Sailing into failure –
In early May Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and the lead architect of the so-called 'deal of the century' gave a lengthy interview to Robert Satloff, the executive director of the pro... → Read More
Kushner's squeeze play on Jordan's King Abdullah
Trump's son-in-law will likely use Jordan's economic and water crises to force the king to accept the 'ultimate deal'. → Read More
Weaponising anti-Zionism to drive through the ‘deal of the century’ –
On 2 May Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, was playing his cards very close to the chest at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), a pro-Israeli think tank. Kush... → Read More
Saudi women activists return to court –
On 27 March, 11 Saudi women return to court, among them some of the kingdom's best known women's rights activists including Aziza Al-Yousef, Loujain Al-Hathloul, Eman Al-Nafjan and Hatoon Al-Fassi... → Read More
A Shadow Caliphate Emerges from the Ruins
The extent to which the Islamic State has re-established itself in a country where it was supposedly defeated is testament to its resilience and to the appeal of its extremist ideology. → Read More