Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Apr 13, 2011 (IPS) – If President Barack Obama wanted to place Washington "on the right side of history" during the ongoing "Arab Spring", his reaction to recent events in Bahrain will likely make that far more difficult, according to a growing number of [...]
Bahrain’s Hospital of Ghosts
April 8, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Shenaz Kermalli * MANAMA, Apr 8, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – Salmaniya Medical Complex, once one of the most renowned medical facilities in the Gulf and a jewel in the crown of Bahrain’s public healthcare system, has been transformed into a virtual ghost town. Its gates and front [...]
OP-ED: Misunderstanding Bahrain’s Shia Protesters
April 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Genieve Abdo and Jasim Husain Ali* MANAMA, Apr 4, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – Listening to the rhetoric coming out of Tehran, one might assume that Bahrain’s Shia opposition is relying on help from its co-religionists next door. But, in fact, the opposite is true: the Shia opposition [...]
BAHRAIN: Slashing Levies to Help Businesses Cope With Unrest
April 1, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Suad Hamada MANAMA, Apr 1, 2011 (IPS) – Bahrain is considering slashing or putting on hold levies on businesses to help them cope with the deteriorating economy, with losses topping an estimated 500 million dollars since the beginning of unrest here in February. The lifeline would mainly [...]
Foreign Labourers Targeted Throughout Bahrain
March 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Suad Hamada MANAMA, Mar 25, 2011 (IPS) – As protests in Bahrain continue, increasingly migrant workers are being victimised in violent hate crimes. "We expats are victims of hate crimes because we didn’t leave the country or become part of the general strike called by the opposition [...]
Deadly Crackdown on Bahrain Protesters
March 16, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* MANAMA, Mar 16, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – At least two people are dead and hundreds injured after security forces in Bahrain drove out pro-democracy protesters from the Pearl Roundabout in the capital, Manama. Helicopters hovered overhead as troops backed by tanks stormed the site – the [...]
BAHRAIN: ON THE SECTARIAN RAZOR’S EDGE
March 16, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN Bahrain, a Shia majority State ruled by a Sunni family, is on the sectarian razor’s edge following the entry of about 2000 troops from the member-States of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) into Bahrain in the early hours of the morning of March 14,2011, to guard the banking district [...]
Bahrain Imposes State of Emergency
March 16, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents * MANAMA, Mar 15, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – The king of Bahrain has declared a state of emergency for three months on the island following weeks of anti-government protests, as deadly clashes continued across the country. An order by the king "authorised the commander of Bahrain’s [...]
BAHRAIN: Saudi Intervention Likely to Bring Regional Blowback
March 16, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Barbara Slavin WASHINGTON, Mar 15, 2011 (IPS) – Saudi Arabia’s incursion into neighbouring Bahrain is a risky move that could further inflame domestic unrest in both countries and give a propaganda boost to Tehran’s campaign to cultivate the Arab street. Saudi authorities and officials from the United [...]
BAHRAIN: Saudi Deployment Could Widen Communal Fault Lines
March 14, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By David Elkins and Aprille Muscara WASHINGTON, Mar 14, 2011 (IPS) – Monday’s arrival of 1,200 Saudi and 500 Emirati security forces with a mandate from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to support King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa’s regime in Sunni- ruled, Shiite-majority Bahrain only stokes sectarian conflict [...]
