Democratic Norms in Kuwait: Changing the Rules of the Game
Many Kuwaitis breathed a sigh of relief in November after Emir Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, the...
Resolving Iran’s Water Crisis is Needed for Stability
Water scarcity is a growing problem across the Middle East. It has grown in importance...
The Misadventures of Gulf Education Reforms
Public education in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) since the 1980s has...
Surprising Election Results and Assassination Attempt: What’s Next for Ir...
Nearly one month after the fifth parliamentary elections in Iraq, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi faced...
Kuwait’s Decade-Long Political Crisis Might Finally Be Ending
Over the last few years, Kuwaiti society has been preoccupied with discussing and debating a...
The Pitfalls of China’s Top-Level Engagement in the Gulf
In the wake of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, there have been some fears in...
The GCC’s “Religious Tolerance” Masks Political Intolerance
Since their independence, the six nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council have each developed sophisticated...
A Step Toward Democracy in Qatar
Last Saturday, thousands of Qataris went to the ballot boxes to choose their representatives on...
Iran’s Proxies and Iraq’s Parliamentary Elections: Ideological Rhetoric...
Lacking demonstrable political or economic achievements, Iranian proxies in Iraq—both the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)...
The GCC Must Navigate the End of Rentierism
The formation of the Fatimid Caliphate in Cairo is an interesting case for studying the...
Women Can Shape Qatar’s Political Future
There is no doubt that the participation of Qatari women in the country’s first Shura...
How the GCC Constitutions Manufacture Class Divisions
In all nations, a constitution establishes the legal basis for the government and lays out...