Tourism Ambitions Transform Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has come out from under coronavirus-imposed travel restrictions to relaunch an ambitious calendar of tourism events over recent months. Sports, arts, and entertainment gatherings have...
View ArticleKuwait’s Constitutional Stand
For more than a week, 16 members of Kuwait’s National Assembly held a sit-in in their parliamentary offices. Their demands were streamlined and succinctly stated: respect for the constitution and...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia’s New Nationalist Foreign Policy
The world is in the midst of multiple contested transitions in the composition of global energy, the global balance of political power, and the very nature of the global system. Front and center is...
View ArticleAGSIW Outlook 2023: Rapprochement, Competition, and Tensions
AGSIW experts explain the regional trends they’ll be following most closely as the year unfolds.
View ArticleNew Elections and Frustration Within Kuwait’s Elite
On April 17, Kuwait’s leadership announced the dissolution of another Parliament, setting up the country’s third set of elections in as many years. Political turnover is nothing new in the emirate,...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Storms the World of Football
On October 31, the president of FIFA, the body governing international football, confirmed via his personal Instagram account what already appeared a fait accompli: Saudi Arabia will host the 2034...
View ArticleKuwait’s New Emir: A Frank Speech Signals a Sharp Change in Direction
On December 20, 2023, after a formal swearing in ceremony before the National Assembly, Kuwaitis were given a candid introduction to the new emir, Meshal al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah. As crown prince,...
View ArticleAGSIW Outlook 2024: Gulf Transformations Amid Uncertainty
AGSIW experts explain the regional trends they’ll be following most closely as the year unfolds.
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With New Crown Prince Kuwait Bucks Gulf Succession Trends
It has been an eventful month for Kuwait driven by Emir Meshal al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah. On May 10 Meshal issued a decree suspending the Parliament, or National Assembly, for up to four years along...
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Saudi National Day Evolves
On September 23, 2017, Saudi Arabia celebrated a National Day like no other. Mohammed bin Salman had been elevated to crown prince only months earlier. The country was in a nationalist frenzy fed by...
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