Appointment of Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Key Human Rights Council Position: A…
US Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Powers says that the recent promotion of Saudi Arabian Ambassador…
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Hajj Tragedy Highlights New Horizons for Iranian-Saudi Relations
In the wake of the tragic stampede that occurred on Sept. 24th during Hajj, an annual holy pilgrimage to Mecca,…
IRSAM at the UN (Part 2 of 2): When We Shook Our Heads
Part 1 of this series outlined the areas of convergence that a group of students from McGill University were able…
Bolstering Human Rights: A Brick in the Road
Last month, Amnesty International released their annual 2014/15 report on the state of the world’s human rights.…
Gulf States: Sportsmanship for Sale
With the recently concluded 2015 Men's Handball World Championship in Qatar came a sigh of relief as France…
Qatar’s Niche Foreign Policy
Throughout history, the normative concept of states evolved and in the modern era statehood is granted through …
Wrapping Up the Arab Spring (2011-2013) Part 4: Monarchical Persistance and…
So far, it seems that republics in the Middle East were far more affected by uprisings than their monarchical…
Wrapping Up the Arab Spring (2011-2013) Part 3: Repression and Civil War
The civil war in Syria highlights the more vicious and destabilizing aspects of the Arab Spring. In Tunisia,…
King Abdullah’s Reforms: Concession, Innovation, or Deception?
With an international push to "modernize”, and domestic pressure for more moderation, King Abdullah is…