APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from August 2002

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from August 2002

KUWAIT - The Rifts Within Muslim States - Part 7.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2002... By most measures, Kuwait is the hallmark of stability. Kuwaiti citizens, cradled by state welfare from birth to death, have among the highest per capita incomes in the world. The emirate has, by standards in the Arab World, a fairly...

KUWAIT - External Factors Check The Islamists.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2002... There are radical Islamist tendencies in Kuwait, but these have been mainly co-opted into the parliamentary framework. These tendencies been effectively neutered during the 1990s, although they had raised their profiles on certain issues like...

KUWAIT - The Rift Between Government & Parliament.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2002... Parliamentarians have taken on the government on a range of subjects since the early 1990s - from corruption to the women's vote and the question of punishment for blasphemy. They have also played a somewhat activist role in checking up on the...

KUWAIT - The Question Of Succession.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2002... The trouble is that none of this will be forthcoming so long as the current leadership remains in place. But domestic pressures and advise from allies might force a change. Observers point out that the decision-making superstructure in Kuwait...