Investigative researchers delve into the activities and role that the IISS has played over the past twenty-five years—critically questioning the IISS claim of “independence,” and its relationship with the Bahraini and British governments
Fahad Desmukh, Marc Owen Jones, and Ala’a Shehabi
Fahad Desmukh is a freelance journalist based in Islamabad, and a researcher with Bahrain Watch. His work has appeared in PRI`s The World, BBC World Service, Foreign Policy, and the Guardian, among others. He grew up in Bahrain.
Marc Owen Jones is a Research Fellow in Gulf Studies at the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies at Exeter University. He is also a researcher at Bahrain Watch and co-editor of the book Bahrain`s Uprising: Resistance and Repression in the Gulf.
Ala`a Shehabi is a researcher, writer, and consultant. She is the co-editor of Bahrain`s Uprising (London: Zed Books) and co-founder of Bahrain Watch, an investigations and research collective. She holds a PhD in economics from Imperial College London and is a former policy analyst at the RAND Corporation and lecturer at the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance.