Research & Analysis

In a recent interview with Al Watan, Ghada Abdulla explains why Bahrain will be resilient in face of any potential global recession. 

'Women in Information Technology (IT)' is the subject of a recent study by Dr. Fatima Alsebaie that sheds light on how women are represented in the field of IT in Bahrain, and which looks at factors that may be preventing an equal representation.

The public will be given opportunity to take part in a poll that aims to understand better citizen attitudes and behaviour towards water and electricity usage with the aim to create more awareness on the impact of unsustainable consumption.

How do EU and US perspectives converge and diverge with regards to Iranian threats? Dr. Ashraf Keshk delves into the complexities of current agreements and alliances between the US and EU states and their impact on policies towards Iran.

Analysts are concerned that the US economy is heading toward a recession. In a recent article in Al Arabiya, Dr. Omar Al Ubaydli suggests that Saudi policymakers should prepare for the fallout by continuing to diversify the economy away from oil, while building links to ensure good relations with the next US administration, regardless of political party.

In a move to promote renewable energy initiatives, an MOU was signed between the Sustainable Energy Centre (SEC) and Derasat to promote renewable energy initiatives and projects in Bahrain. 

Gulf countries have announced $125 billion of new projects during the first half of 2019. Dr. Omar Al-Ubaydli looks into the pros and cons of investments into such construction projects and at whether these will reap economic benefits further down the line.

In the fourth and final part of Dr. Ashraf Keshk's series of articles on the challenges and responses to regional security threats, he considers the strategic options open to Gulf States to counter these threats.......

Iran’s  threats have been described as part of the IRGC’s propaganda warfare aiming to destabilise the region, according to  analyst Mahmood Abdul Ghaffar who was quoted in the local press today. He went on to note: “In the past, Iran threatened to use its ballistic missile to strike various Gulf and US targets throughout the region,

A workshop to study the criteria for evaluating government services was held with the participation of the head of the Central Evaluation Team, Ejlal Bubshait, Director of Surveys & Opinion Polls at DERASAT which is tasked with coordinating Governmental Service Centre Evaluations.