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Bahrain in the Shadow of the Libya War

The conflict in Bahrain is not over: Demands for political rights continues

Support by the Arab League for the military operations in Libya has been an effective diplomatic means for Saudi Arabia and the GCC to redirect interest in internal Arab states of affairs away from the Arabian Peninsula and onto North Africa. The strategy seems to work nicely: the silence surrounding Bahrain has been deafening. DIIS researcher Lars Erslev Andersen analyze the Arab Spring in Bahrain on Open Democracy. Read the article here

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Bahrain in the shadow of the Libya war