Category: Politics
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Bahrain and CEDAW
So it is a big controversy about Bahrain’s attempt to become a member of CEDAW, which is literally the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Let me be very brief with you and explain what CEDAW is, a bit of a history, and what does it mean for Bahrain to…
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It Won’t Work
The Republican and Democratic debates in America are really heating up. Candidates running for elections to become the next President of the United States of America are fighting within their own parties, as well as with candidates of the other party. While we are hearing almost everything about the candidates, the process of elections, the…
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The Solution for Bahrain’s Economy is Somewhere Else
I do understand and believe that we have very committed leadership who are trying their utmost best to solve the financial issues we are currently going through here in Bahrain. We Bahrainis have indeed elected members of the parliament to assist in governance, however, they are also unable to see clearly the right path towards…
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Bahrain’s Mini Government
I think it is the season, that time of year when most citizens become experts in politics and political analysis. We found ourselves last week in front of a surprising reality that our government is going to shrink itself, with an intention to reduce cost and minimize bureaucracy. The news came so fast that it…
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How to Resolve the Iranian Issue
I have stated last week that I will write a few paragraphs this week on the solution to make the Gulf Arab region a much safer place. Of course, today it is indeed considered one of the most stable regions in the world, but right outside, on the periphery, is Yemen, Syria, and Iraq. Without…
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Facts on Iran vs The Gulf
Fact: We are angry. Another fact: we don’t know who to be angry at. A tragedy has struck us here in the Gulf. We woke up one day with a big reality check, we are really at war, and our friends are really dying out there. For many, who never witnessed war before, we never…
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This Is Me!
I speak and write from my heart, and only in some lucky days, my mind is able to check, filter, and make sure that whatever I am ‘blabadizing’ is politically sensitive to whoever would listen or hear my publically exposed internal mumbling. Here’s the thing though, if I want to satisfy everybody, the best thing…
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The Least You Can Do is to Do Nothing!
It will not be possible for me to explain how a country is run in one small article, not even a book. What is intriguing however, is that people with minimum knowledge claim that they know. Trust me people, only a minority knows, and the majority thinks that money is made through a printer. Whatever…
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Saudi and Iran and Nuclear Warheads
Recently the New York Times published this on Saudi Arabia. The article says that Saudi is promising to always match the nuclear capabilities, or arsenal, of Iran, because it perceives threat from them, and does not want to be a regional underdog at any given time. My argument to this is that Saudi is in…
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Made in #Bahrain
In one of my travels to America during my last few months of completing my Ph.D., I thought long and hard about the type of simple gift I should bring back home with me. I don’t feel quite comfortable walking in empty handed, and tend to like to paint a picture of myself as creative…
Dr. Saqer AlKhalifa 