Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry: Implicit repudiation of Bahraini government's narrative

Commission website (in Arabic) and link to the full report in English.

Bahrain: Physicans for Human Rights publish carefully documented report revealing systematic attacks against medical personnel, among many troubling findings

April 22, 2011 Report: Do No Harm: a Call for Bahrain to End Systematic attacks on Doctors and Patient

Missing medical personnel.

Bahrain's Ambassador to the U.S. should read the report.

UAE moves against respected Jurist Association after it calls for political reforms in a mild petition

ICG report on Bahrain deserves your attention

"The military intervention and Bahrain’s subsequent tough line have made peaceful resolution of the country’s political crisis immensely more difficult and the regional context significantly tenser. It is unclear how meaningful, peaceful dialogue can be resumed, but it is long overdue and remains absolutely necessary. Given the level of distrust, involvement of a credible third party facilitator appears to be both essential and urgent. The goal would be to work out a plan for gradual but genuine reform toward a constitutional monarchy, with real parliamentary powers and redress of sectarian discrimination. In this context, Saudi Arabia and the other contributing Gulf states should withdraw their security forces and equipment from the island. Protesters should continue to use peaceful means to express their grievances and demands while agreeing to negotiate with the regime.

"As for the U.S., anxious about its relationship with Saudi Arabia and the GCC, it nonetheless should understand that repression in Bahrain will do neither it nor its allies any good in the longer term. Bahrain’s post-colonial history lends at least some hope to the possibility of dialogue and compromise, as despite its obvious problems the country has also known a degree of pluralism and a vibrant civil society. But the window of opportunity is fast closing."

Fifth Arab Human Development Report published. Focus is on human security and the failure of the Arab state to meet citizens' needs & respect rights

execsummary-e.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Download complete report.

New USIP Iraq paper to be released on Sunday, September 9, 2007

New Report Recommends Iraq Handover in 5 Years - washingtonpost.com

The USIP report.

A list of those experts who participated in the discussions that led to this paper and are prepared to have their names associated with it:

Rend al-Rahim, Hans Binnendijk, Keith Crane, James Dobbins, Chas Freeman, Don Hays, Paul Hughes, Edward Joseph, Ellen Laipson, Riva Levinson, David Mack, Phebe Marr, Gary Matthews,Cliff May,Hassan Mneimneh, Augustus Richard Norton, Marina Ottaway, William Quandt, James Schear, Alan Schwartz, Daniel Serwer, John Sigler and Wallace A. Terrill.