How does Turkey’s deal to buy the S-400 missile system from Russia impact their relations with NATO and with the US? Dr. Ashraf Keshk considers this and Turkey’s unique security challenges….
Year 2019
Red Sea Security was the focus of a panel discussion with a visiting delegation form the Atlantic Council, USA and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and invited guests at DERASAT on 22nd June, 2019
Abdulla Al-Abbasi (PhD candidate Renewable Energy) reflects on the crucial role culture plays in adapting and accepting new forms of technology and at the importance of recognising this as Bahrain expands it’s use of new sustainable energy sources such as solar panels.
DERASAT and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) signed an agreement to cooperate in the preparation of the forthcoming ‘Arab Cities Report 2020’.
In an article on migrants in the GCC countries in the Deutsche Welle, the impact of drives to wean a reliance on foreign labor in Saudi Arabia is discussed with Dr. Omar Al-Ubaydli, Director of Research who confirmed that there has been, “large-scale worker repatriation” from the Gulf’s most populous country”.
In view of the continuing intensification of the current Iranian crisis, Dr. Ashraf Keshk considers the European role and at differences in opinion between countries within the EU….
The Bahrain Economic Association (BEA) organized a seminar on Tuesday 18th June, 2019, entiled, ‘What are the best investments in the oil and gas sector during the next five years?’. which was moderated by Dr. Omar Al Ubaydli, Deputy Chairman of the Association and Research Director at DERASAT.
The Annual Strategic Report 2018 comprises a summary of the strategic landscape during 2018
The second edition of the DERASAT Journal 2018 includes four main sections covering international security and trade, energy security, regional conflict and a final section with book reviews.
As Bahrain gears up to focus on becoming a knowledge-based economy, analyst, Ghada Abdullah looks into what this means for Bahrain and how it can be achieved.