Writing exclusively for CMEC, Shashank Joshi from the Royal United Services Institute considers whether the Arab League can be an effective actor in the Middle East following the events of the Arab awakening and recent turmoil in Syria.

Sir Harold Walker looks at the implications of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry report for Human Rights and stability in the Gulf state of Bahrain

In response to Ali Al-Aswad’s recent blog, Fahad Khalifa disputes the claims that the Government are opposing reform in Bahrain.

In this CMEC exclusive ex-Bahraini MP Ali Alaswad claims that in Bahrain politics belongs to small elite, with the Shi’ite majority largely excluded. Alaswad calls for a united, democratic Bahrain to emerge from this year’s unrest.