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Strategic Comments is the Institute’s online source of analysis of international security and politico-military issues. Published in the form of 50 e-mail alerts per year, Strategic Comments articles offer succinct and cogent insights of consistent authority to a core readership of policymakers, journalists, business executives and foreign-affairs analysts. Since its foundation in 1995, Strategic Comments has harnessed the considerable expertise of the Institute’s research staff and members, as well as the broader strategic studies community.
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Strategic Comments - Kuwait: signs of renewal
Many in Kuwait and beyond regard the emirate as having stagnated since the Iraqi invasion of 1990 and the expulsion of Saddam Hussein’s forces in 1991. Though the oil has continued to flow, an enduring political impasse has held back development of the economy and infrastructure. Frustrated Kuwaitis have watched as other more autocratic Gulf states that lagged behind the emirate before the invasion have caught up or surpassed it. However, there have recently been signs of a growing recognition among leading Kuwaitis of the need for political and economic renewal. Read more>
