To help readers better understand the nuances of foreign policy, CFR staff writers and Consulting Editor Bernard Gwertzman conduct in-depth interviews with a wide range of international experts, as ...

Bahrain is the tiniest Arab country; it could fit six times over into Rhode Island, with plenty of space left over. When I spent a summer in Bahrain about 15 years ago, I used to bike around the ...

President Obama is just beginning his second term in office and we've been looking at some of the unresolved issues and unfinished business from his first four years. This week, we're turning our ...

The government of Bahrain has just shut down the main secular opposition group in the country, the National Democratic Action Society or "Waad." Deutsche Welle tells the story: A court in Bahrain on ...

Bahrain’s king declared a three-month state of emergency Tuesday as violent confrontations continued between anti-government protesters and security forces. Three died in clashes Tuesday. Troops from ...

February marks one year since the start of a civil uprising in Bahrain, an island in the Persian Gulf. It was one of many countries to join in the so-called Arab Spring. As part of a recent series on ...

To help readers better understand the nuances of foreign policy, CFR staff writers and Consulting Editor Bernard Gwertzman conduct in-depth interviews with a wide range of international experts, as ...

For more than a year, rights groups have criticized Bahrain for its crackdown on anti-government protests. The protests, which began in February 2011, were spurred by the popular uprisings in Tunisia ...

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Right now in Bahrain, the Sunni monarchy is dissolving two Shiite opposition groups and detaining hundreds of activists in a bloody crackdown against Shiite-led protests. But according to Andrew ...

When King Hamad bin Isa Khalifa of Bahrain embarked on political reform in his small kingdom four years ago and offered amnesty to student activists living in exile, Abdul Hadi Khawaja decided it was ...

The kingdom’s investment has made it the latest Gulf country to try to improve its nation’s image by attaching it to a European soccer club. By Tariq Panja For years, soccer in Paris has been the hub ...