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Moody’s Investors Service improved its outlook on Bahrain’s sovereign rating from negative to stable on 22 April, citing higher oil prices which have improved the government’s fiscal position.

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King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa commissioned five ships into the Royal Bahraini Naval Force (RBNF) at an early April ceremony. The ships – Damsah, Al-Farooq, Al-Ghurairiah, Jenan and Sakhir – are Cyclone-class patrol ships previously used by the US Navy Fifth Fleet.

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Bahrain's foreign affairs minister Abdullatif Bin Rashid Al-Zayani was in Moscow for talks with his counterpart Sergey Lavrov on 7 April – as the latest UN General Assembly vote over the Ukraine conflict was held.

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Manama has sent three invitations to Qatar for the governments to meet since the January 2021 Al-Ula summit formally ended the GCC split. But its overtures have remained unanswered, senior official Sheikh Abdullah Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa told GSN, in the latest chapter in a long series of strained bilateral relations.

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The Royal Court announced on 24 March the death of Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, widow of the late Sheikh Isa Bin Rashid Al-Khalifa who died in March 2020 and aunt of King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa.

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Prominent royal son Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa was on hand to present the podium prizes to the top three finishers at the Bahrain Grand Prix on 20 March, the first race of the season.

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UAE and Saudi foreign policy choices are coming under renewed scrutiny as Washington pushes to encourage the Gulf heavyweights to rethink their links to Russia, particularly over energy policy, and their alignments with other autocrats such as recent visitor to Abu Dhabi Syria’s President Assad. GSN has heard of talks between UAE officials and a key Russian figure in the Ukraine war, Chechnya’s Ramzan Kadyrov, which could raise further important questions about the nature of Abu Dhabi’s involvement.

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Personally popular with fellow rulers for his relaxed style, but often criticized for flaws in Bahrain’s management and its troubled relations with its majority Shia population, King Hamad Bin Isa Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa has ruled Bahrain for 22 years, first as emir and, since 2002, as its self-declared king.

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Crown Prince Salman is the eldest son of King Hamad, from his first marriage to Sheikha Sabika Bint Ibrahim Al-Khalifa. Born in October 1969, Salman was schooled in Bahrain and then obtained degrees from the American University in Washington DC (BA political science, 1992) and Queen’s College, Cambridge (MPhil history and philosophy of science, 1994). He was appointed crown prince when his father became emir in March 1999.

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Israel hosted an unprecedented meeting of four Arab foreign ministers, along with US secretary of state Anthony Blinken and Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid at a kibbutz in the southern Negev Desert on 28 March. The Arab attendees were Bahrain’s Abdullatif Al-Zayani, Egypt’s Sameh Shoukry, Morocco’s Nasser Bourita and the UAE’s Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (ABZ).

Bahrain | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | Israel
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Much recent attention has focused on King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa’s fourth son, Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad, who – in his mid-30s – is nearly 20 years younger than his half-brother Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad.

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Issue 1144 - 01 April 2022

Bahrain: Pegasus fallout continues

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The mid-2021 revelations about widespread use of the Pegasus spyware platform, developed by well-connected Israeli company NSO Group, have been followed by claims that Bahrain continues to hack the electronic devices of key opposition and other figures.

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With little or no space for opposition politics, Bahraini public life is dominated by the ruling Al-Khalifa family, making dynastic dynamics a key factor in an opaque political environment. Competition between King Hamad’s sons Crown Prince Salman and Sheikh Nasser could shape the island’s future direction. GSN analyses the current balance of power in the ruling family and its relationship to other key GCC leaders

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The long shadow cast by Sheikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa remains a factor (albeit diminishing) in Bahraini political dynamics.

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GSN visits the archives and sounds expert opinion to profile senior members of the ruling Al-Khalifa family, focusing on King Hamad Bin Isa, Crown Prince Salman and national security advisor Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad

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