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Michael Esfahani

Former Research Associate

Michael Esfahani is a research associate at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.

Analysis

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Bahrain’s New Order 

The political news emanating from the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain has come fast and frequent this summer, with a series of actions taken by the courts, Parliament, and security forces effectively reshaping the formal political landscape of the country. These actions have dealt perhaps the final blow to the strategy set in the early...

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Abduljalil Khalil, center, a senior member of al-Wefaq, addresses journalists flanked by lawyers for the party's jailed leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, pictured behind them, during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain on May 30. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)