Marwan Kabalan is a Syrian academic and writer. He holds a PhD degree in International Relations. He is the Director of Policy Analysis at the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies.
Attacks against the Arab Centre for Research and Policy are not new. What is new however, is the siding of Western institutions with anti-democratic forces writes Marwan Kabalan.
Comment: Since the Arab Spring, regional powers, especially Saudi Arabia, have been struggling to stay abreast of events and contain possible threats to their interests.