Courtney Freer

Dec 4, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Silvia Colombo |Courtney Freer |Christian Koch |Afshin Molavi

A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** On Oct. 16, leaders from the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council held their first summit in Brussels, where they discussed a wide range of issues, including economic cooperation and conflicts in Europe and the Middle East.

May 22, 2024 | gulfif.org | Anas Al Qaed |Courtney Freer

On May 10, Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Mishaal al-Ahmed al-Sabah announced the dissolution of the country’s parliament, whose members had only been elected one month and six days earlier. This dissolution, unlike any that Kuwait has more commonly experienced in recent years, is set to last up to four years.

Apr 24, 2024 | gulfif.org | Anas Al Qaed |Courtney Freer

On April 4, Kuwait held its fourth parliamentary elections in as many years. This vote was the first under the leadership of Amir Shaykh Mishaal, who came to power in December 2023 after the passing of his predecessor, Amir Shaykh Nawaf. Anxiety loomed ahead of the election; some observers feared that this could be the last regular Kuwaiti election, as rumors swirled about shadowy efforts to alter the constitution to allow for a longer dissolution of the legislature.

Dec 28, 2023 | gulfif.org | Anas Al Qaed |Courtney Freer

Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah passed away last week following a nearly three-year reign.

Aug 14, 2023 | gulfif.org | Anas Al Qaed |Courtney Freer

At the time of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Kuwait was embroiled in its own political crisis. In 1976, the Kuwaiti government unilaterally and unconstitutionally disbanded the country’s legislature, sparking the country’s first major period of unrest since its formal independence from the United Kingdom in 1961.