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The Bahrain government needs to act speedily on the findings of the inquiry into this year's troubles to avoid even bigger problems.

In the wake of Sultan's death, Prince Nayef is almost certain to insist that he be chosen as the next heir apparent.

A new royal decree giving women the right to vote can't hide the decay in the House of Saud.

In Bahrain, the struggle between Sunnis and Shiites -- and their respective patrons, Saudi Arabia and Iran -- enters a new phase with this weekend's parliamentary by-elections.

The key battle with al-Qaeda in Yemen is in the countryside, where the U.S. government is paying too little attention.

Given the recent string of Saudi diplomatic failures, this year will be remembered as the moment when the world finally looked elsewhere for Gulf leadership.

President Obama made news last month in advocating a borders-and-security-first approach to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and articulating an official view that the territorial solution should be a return to the 1967 lines, amended by mutually agreed land swaps. Those who contend that there was nothing new in the president's comments fail

The wounding of Yemeni president Ali Saleh during a June 3 attack on his Sana palace compound will likely lead to regime change in his troubled country.

As they pay their respects to the House of Windsor, Arab royals may also catch a glimpse of their imperiled future.