How are authority and influence accumulated and wielded across the six Gulf states? Mixing
theoretical and empirical insights, and utilising both historical and contemporary examples …

Kuwait's first formal, legislative, and elected institution—the parliament (also known as the
National Assembly)—started off as being representative of Kuwaiti Kuwaitis and not of the …

Kuwait is a democratic outlier in the Middle East. In this oil-rich Muslim Arab state, the ruling
Sabah monarchy claims considerable executive authority, but it also coexists with a …

This article examines interactions between Pakistan and the Gulf region with a focus on a
case study of mobilities between the southern part of Gilgit-Baltistan (Baltistan), in north …

Kuwait is considered to be amongst a few Middle Eastern countries with a permanent
Constitution that provides its people with the opportunity to participate in governing their …

Why do dictatorships sometimes allow opposition groups to publish media, but at other times
forbid opposition media? I propose a theory that dictators tolerate opposition media …

Since 2011, a series of events–including popular upheavals, civil wars, the empowerment of
non-state actors, economic volatility and increased geopolitical confrontation between states …

Abstract The Kuwaiti Constitutional Court annulled two elected parliaments in the same
year. The court annulled the National Assembly that was elected in February 2012 after four …

The Historical Dictionary of Arab and Islamic Organizations focuses on international and
regional organizations primarily in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. With …

Fiʾrān Ummī Ḥiṣṣa (I topi di mamma Ḥiṣṣa, 2015) è un originale romanzo di formazione
di Saʿūd al-Sanʿūsī, lo scrittore kuwaitiano che a trentadue anni, nel 2013, si aggiudicò …