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27th GCC Summit

I don’t think that a lot of people in the Gulf actually realised that their leaders were in Riyadh since yesterday for their annual summit. The 27th one that is, and maybe the first time in many years where ALL leaders of the six Gulf Cooperation Council of the Arabian Gulf were actually present. I …

Blogging the Manama Dialogue

updated 1431 with speaker agenda below the fold A major event is starting in Bahrain today and continues to Sunday. This event brings together several countries’ foreign ministers, national security personnel, analysts, academics and others who are interested in the security and stability of this region. It is the annual International Institute for Strategic Studies’ …

Polls results

Thanks to all those who voted in our last two polls. Here are the results: Do you mind the country flags in the comments? No 90 (63%) Yes 25 (17%) Don’t care 28 (20%) Total 143 Would you rather have full or summary posts in the aggregator (http://bahrainblogs.org/rss)? Short 19 (56%) Full 11 (32%) Don’t …