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Articles of the author David B Roberts
Students must pay for their education
DURHAM: Some time ago, a tiny island called the United Kingdom ruled the world. Somehow an auspicious confluence of events transpired that meant that the sun never set on the British Empire. Its navy was the greatest and largest ever seen, its (...)

11 - 11 - 2010
A rentier coup in a rentier state
The quickly declining health of Ras Al Khaimah's ruler is precipitating a round of intrigue and succession stories in the northernmost Emirate of the UAE. Sheikh Saqr Al Qasimi, 92, one of the longest ruling leaders in the world having ascended to (...)

27 - 06 - 2010
Rhetoric and fishermen belay the myth of GCC unity
Early in May a Qatari naval vessel shot at Bahraini fishing boats which entered Qatari territorial waters. One fisherman was seriously injured and over one hundred were arrested. This occurred less than a year after a Qatari coastguard vessel rammed (...)

25 - 06 - 2010
Saudi and Abu Dhabi in naval skirmish, newspapers in denial
Last week there was a minor naval altercation between Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi. In the incident it is reported that gunfire was exchanged, the crew of a Saudi patrol boat was taken into Emirati custody, two having been injured, but all were (...)

31 - 03 - 2010
Plotting the trajectory of airline terrorism
The terrorist who attempted to blow up Northwest Airlines flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day did so with 80g of explosives. Considering that 100g of this explosive - pentaerythritol trinitrate or PETN - is capable of destroying a (...)

29 - 12 - 2009
Answering the food security colonial conundrum?
In international relations the security discourse is often monopolised by those with a myopic view of security as focusing disproportionately on military matters. Other factors, be they economic, social or environmental, whilst perhaps considered (...)

10 - 11 - 2009
The Swiss, Qatar and neutrality
The Swiss take their neutrality seriously. It is the bedrock of their society and has stood them in good stead in the recent past to the tune that they have not been to war since 1815. Nevertheless, they maintain a modern army and air force for the (...)

13 - 09 - 2009
The darker half of Kuwait
On Tuesday night outside Kuwait's Parliament, sandwiched between the Persian Gulf and Kuwait's eponymous Arabian Gulf Road, around 100 Kuwaitis gathered to protest the disappearance and detention of Hussain Al-Fudalah. A year ago to the day, (...)

12 - 07 - 2009
UAE Torture, the Divine Right of Kings and Qatar
ABC news in America has received and released video footage of a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family torturing an Afghan man. Sheikh Issa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the half-brother of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed, is clearly visible (...)

08 - 05 - 2009
Explaining Qatar's schizophrenic foreign policy
In recent months, Qatar has found itself embroiled in resurgent notions of an Arab Cold War. Moreover, Qatar is often painted as one of the instigators of this potential cold conflict. Hosting Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) conferences and (...)

28 - 04 - 2009
Saudi attempts to diversify their dependency
Up until 1979 America employed what is often referred to as a twin pillar strategy in the Middle East. That is to say that it used Saudi Arabia and Iran under the Shah as its stalwart allies in the region and the aim of its policies was to ensure (...)

31 - 07 - 2008
Saudi interfaith dialogue: a means to a different end
Saudi Arabia has once again sought to assert its place as the de facto leader of the Muslim world. King Abdullah gave a speech at a three-day conference in Mecca on the future of Islam and other religions, following on from the much publicized Saudi (...)

08 - 06 - 2008
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