Risk Watch
The relationships between the GCC and Iran have deteriorated on a number of fronts....
Jordan faces an increase in deficit after Egyptian gas supplies were disrupted....
Syria has lifted the emergency law but the riots intensified calling for regime change. With an increase in US sanctions, the Syrian regime faces greater difficulties....
Bahrain sentenced four Shiites to death for their role in the riots last month. Although the ruling is subject to appeal, this is an indication that the unrest will not be resolved imminently....
Saudi Arabia passed harsh media laws that are seen as a direct threat to the country’s reformist journalists....
The GCC has so far failed in securing a deal to end the standoff in Yemen. AQAP meanwhile have intensified their attacks against the security forces, particularly in the south....
Dubai appears to be benefiting from the regional unrest as regional investors move funds to Dubai....
Threats by the Kuwaiti opposition to grill Sheikh Nasser as soon as he forms his seventh government in less than five years will likely lead to a complication of the political situation....
The situation in Yemen is heading towards further complications as signs of splits appear within the opposition camp....
Syria appears to head towards further unrest as the new government has failed to appease protesters....
The situation in Bahrain is far from being resolved with government threats to ban mainstream Shiite party Al Wefaq. ...
Qatar became the first Arab country to grant political recognition to the Libyan rebels....
The Syrian regime has failed to appease unprecedented protests that have swept the country. ...
The Jordanian opposition has agreed to rejoin the National Dialogue Committee days after protests led to one fatality and failed to gather momentum. ...
Yemen has descended into further chaos as senior army officers defected. AQAP has taken charge of various areas, and the Houthis have also claimed key areas in Sa’ada....
Bahrain is losing its edge as a financial centre as banks and financial institutions temporarily leave the country. ...
The Kuwaiti government has resigned, the first in the GCC to fall in an indirect result of the Bahrain uprising and as a result of worsening GCC-Iranian relations....
The King of Bahrain has declared a three-month state of emergency, in which martial law is imposed. The declaration came after calls by Sunni parliamentarians to declare a state of emergency....
Concessions made by the Sultan of Oman have not satisfied the protestors demands....
The Eastern Province has seen increasing tensions and with the events deteriorating in Bahrain, it is expected that the Eastern Province will witness greater unrest in the coming days....
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