Month: June 2012
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Dubai versus Bahrain and the Future of the GCC Union
I’ve just came back to Bahrain after spending a week in Dubai with family and friends. While enjoying my vacation, I kept an eye on various issues. It was also not so easy attending the traditional gathering halls (Majlis) without facing the question ‘How’s Bahrain now’. A little bit of fun and a little bit…
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Calvinball in Cairo by Marc Lynch
Original Article Here The best guide to the chaos of Egyptian politics is Hobbes. No, not Thomas Hobbes — Calvin and Hobbes. Analysts have been arguing since the revolution over whether to call what followed a transition to democracy, a soft coup, an uprising, or something else entirely. But over the last week it’s become…
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First Tahrir Square, Then the Classroom by .@NYTimeFriedman
Original Article Here A FEW weeks ago, I was in Amman, Jordan, talking with educators, when I met a young American woman with the most remarkable job description. Her name was Shaylyn Romney Garrett. She introduced herself by saying that she and her husband, James, were former Peace Corps volunteers in Jordan who had stayed…
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Two Worlds Cracking Up by .@NYTimesFriedman
Original Article Published Here Istanbul For many years, strategists have debated whether Turkey would be a “bridge” or a “gully” between predominantly Christian Europe and the Arab/Muslim Middle East. If Turkey were admitted to the European Union, it would be a bridge binding these two worlds. If it were kept out of the E.U., it…
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Reading between the lines (Lions)
Published in The Hill here Reading between the lines (lions) By Sheikh Saqer AlKhalifa, Media Attache at the Bahrain Embassy to the U.S. – 12/02/11 01:31 PM ET As members of Congress consider the $53 million arms sale to enable Bahrain to defend itself from outside threats in a region in which Iran is seeking to…
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Secretary Clinton Remarks on #Bahrain
BAHRAIN Clinton urges the reconciliation process to “go forward” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered the keynote address Monday on opening day of the inaugural Women in Public Service Institute at Wellesley College. During the question-and-answer session following her remarks, Clinton was asked by a guest to assess the situation in Bahrain…
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What the Locusts Ate by .@NYTimesFriedman
Original Article Here One of the most troubling features of today’s global economic crisis is the lack of political leadership anywhere. No one has the courage to tell their people the truth. And the truth, alas, is that four of the pillars of today’s global economy — Europe, America, China and the Arab world —…
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The Moral Diet by .@NYT David Brooks
Original Article Here In the 1970s, the gift shop at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was an informal affair. It was staffed by about 300 mostly elderly volunteers, and there were cash drawers instead of registers. The problem was that of the shop’s $400,000 in annual revenue, somebody was stealing $150,000. Dan Weiss,…
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The Brochure for the Summer Leadership Program
OPS Brochure 2012 If interested, contact Mr. Duane Rutherford the Director of Enrollment Services / Special Assistant to the President at St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy. You can also post questions below to me and I will be more than happy to assist you. If you get any additional information from Mr. Duane, please come back and post…
Dr. Saqer AlKhalifa 