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Population growth is a universal feature of the Gulf Co-operation Council region at a time of booming oil-financed expansion, with a surge in construction activity and accelerating demand for services creating an almost insatiable need for labour. The GCC thus continues to suck in foreign workers to meet real present economic needs. This is also the case for some sectors in Bahrain, but there is also concern that in the small communally divided island state migration policy is serving political ends too – with potentially dangerous consequences.

Bahrain
Issue 697 - 07 November 2002

Concerns over democracy and human rights

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The mood of crisis in Gulf affairs, with decisions on a war against Iraq perhaps just weeks away, is proving a delicate test for the West’s readiness to promote a democracy and human rights agenda.

Bahrain | Iraq
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Opposition groups, infuriated by the final shape of constitutional reforms announced by King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa—the former Emir who on 14 February promoted himself to full monarchical status—are pondering whether to boycott Bahrain’s 9 May municipal and 24 October parliamentary elections.

Bahrain
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Qatar may have come off the worse from the International Court of Justice (I.C.J.) ruling that the main Al-Hawar islands belong to Bahrain, but skilful stage management and Bahraini magnanimity have transformed a potentially awkward setback for Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani into a qualified political and economic success. The two contesting governments’ reaction to the 16 March court ruling bore all the hallmarks of careful forward co-ordination.

Bahrain | Qatar