Risk Watch
Naval exercises by Iran in the Straits of Hormuz have prompted GCC leaders to strengthen their joint defenses and call for a united effort against Iran....
The media blanket ban by the Kuwaiti authorities on the busted Iranian spy-cell indicate that a confrontation between Iran and the West will almost certainly spill into the GCC states. ...
The privatization law passed by the Kuwaiti parliament is a very important step in diversifying the Kuwaiti economy....
The assassination attempt against Yemen’s deputy prime-minister underpins the size of the challenge the Yemeni government faces as it combats widespread support for Al Qaeda....
Qatar stopped the implementation of a plan to require citizens of 33 developed countries from obtaining visa’s prior to visiting the GCC state....
The assassination attempt against the UK ambassador in Yemen indicates that Al Qaeda are capable of striking in the Capital, Sana’a....
An attack by the Emir of Kuwait against parliament indicate that in the event of a clash between the parliament and government, the Emir will suspend parliamentary life....
Tensions have risen between the UAE and Iran over the three disputed islands in the Gulf....
The alleged bust of an Iranian spy cell in Kuwait implies that Iran will turn an attack against it by the West into a regional war....
A UK high court judge has recommended that the Emir of Qatar appear in court at the hearing of case against Qatari Diar....
Kuwait has expelled Egyptian expatriates for voicing support for Mohammed El Baradei to stand for president of Egypt....
Kuwaiti Islamist MP’s have threatened to grill government ministers about the purchase of French fighters....
Rejection of the citizens’ bailout bill by the government is another area of a looming confrontation between the government and parliament....
The US announcement that it will target a US-Yemeni Al Qaeda leader in Yemen and the subsequent announcement by his Yemeni tribe puts the Yemeni government in a very difficult position....
The UAE has announced that laws that will reduce monopolies, increase competitiveness and harmonize laws across the federation have been drafted....
Qatar has announced that it will no longer offer visa-free travel to EU and Western citizens....
Bulgaria’s hopes for joining the Eurozone may be dashed after officials discovered a "hidden deficit" of BGN 2.12 billion that stems from public-works contracts that the previous government signed....
Parliament failed to approve an impeachment motion against Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov by the required two-thirds majority, halting the procedure before it even got off the ground....
Bulgaria’s budget had accumulated a deficit of BGN 499.1 million as of January 31, according to the Finance Ministry’s latest report on the Consolidated Fiscal Program....
Meeting the Maastricht criteria has not been the Czech Republic’s priority in the past few years since governments preferred to have a wider fiscal playing field....
Ungheria, ali tarpate per la Malev (February 4)
A Revised Portrait of Hungary's Right-Wing Extremists (February 3)
Verden er blevet mere udemokratisk (January 24)
Hungary PM backs down (January 20)
Circunscripciones a medida (January 19)
Uma lei eleitoral desenhada à medida do Fidesz (January 16)
