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مرت ٣ عقود على احتلال #الكويت، ومع ذلك لا يزال كثير من الكويتيين يبحثون عن آلية لتجاوز آثاره…دفعت فداحة الاحتلال صانعي السياسات إلى تجنبه–ربما بغير وعي–كوسيلة للتغلب على هذه التجربة المؤلمة، على الرغم من أن مواجهة الآثار كانت (ولا تزال) أضمن طريقة للتعافي majalla.com/node/296691/%D…

A must-read piece by the excellent Lahib Higel لهيب هيجل and Bader Al-Saif بدر السيف on ways to help resolve the Iraq-Kuwait maritime dispute and to mitigate deeper bilateral tensions 👇

My comments to the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) on Iran-Gulf relations after the choreographed Iranian counterattack on a US base in Qatar.

Intriguing development that we forecasted in our ICG report:the president & PM withdrew their appeals, taking case to parliament. Will it be a new law or new vote on the Khor Abdullah agreement? Hope Kuwait doesn’t remain subject to internal Iraqi disagreements, on an election yr

“I knew it would be bad. I was not prepared for just how bad it would be.” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder recently returned from his fifth mission to Gaza during this ongoing war. I spoke with him about what he saw.

تطور لافت توقعناه في تقريرنا الصادر عن مجموعة الأزمات الدولية: سحب الرئيس ورئيس الوزراء العراقي طعونهما، ورفعا القضية إلى البرلمان. هل سيؤدي ذلك إلى قانون جديد أم تصويت جديد على اتفاقية خور عبد الله؟ نأمل ألا تظل الكويت رهينة لخلافات عراقية داخلية، خاصة مع قرب الانتخابات النيابية

Pleasure speaking with Chile’s top daily laSegunda. It ran this in-depth interview with me on July 2. We covered the Middle East after the Iran-Israel war: “We are now facing a postponed conflict, unless there is real progress toward a grand agreement…”

“What the Houthis have been doing is ... trying to escape their responsibilities for governing the country and resolving their differences with the other parties…” telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

Always a pleasure speaking to Neil MacFarquhar. The piece aptly captures the mood of the region, includes some of my thoughts. nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/…

📢 NEW WEBINAR | Will the Iraq-Kuwait dispute undermine the future of Gulf integration? Join Renad Mansour, Bader Al-Saif بدر السيف, Farhad Alaaldin, Luigi Di Maio (Luigi Di Maio), & Lahib Higel لهيب هيجل for a virtual #IraqInitiative discussion. 📅 29 July ⏰ 14.00 BST Register ⤵️ chathamhouse.org/events/all/res…

In 7 months, #Israel has done the following in #Syria: - 987 air & artillery strikes - 421 ground incursions - Occupied ~180sqkm of land In response, #Syria's govt has done: - 0 attacks - Filed x2 UNSC complaints - Seized 49 #Hezbollah weapons shipments headed to #Lebanon

السلطات الإسرائيلية تُجَوِّع المدنيين في #غزة. من بينهم مليون طفل. يجب رفع الحصار. يجب السماح للأونروا بإدخال الغذاء والأدوية.

Great to at the #GulfResearchMeeting in Cambridge to moderate a policy debate on #Europe- #GCC. Focus on trade, visa liberalization synergies on mediating conflicts in #MENA and the #Horn and, most importantly people-to-people diplomacy #GRM2025

🚨 TOMORROW: Will the Iraq-Kuwait dispute undermine the future of Gulf integration? Join Renad Mansour, Bader Al-Saif بدر السيف, Farhad Alaaldin, Luigi Di Maio (Luigi Di Maio), & Lahib Higel لهيب هيجل for a virtual #IraqInitiative discussion. 📅 29/7 ⏰ 14.00 BST Register now ⤵️ chathamhouse.org/events/all/res…

ضمن مؤتمر GRM بجامعة كامبريدج، تشرفت بتنظيم ورشة عمل إلى جانب الزميل Mohammed T. Alsudairi 苏墨涵، حيث بحثنا كيف تنظر الدولة والمجتمع إلى المستقبل ويعملان على تحقيقه في منطقة الخليج. شارك في الورشة نخبة من الباحثين المتميزين من مختلف التخصصات. جزيل الشكر لـ Gulf Research Center - مركز الخليج للأبحاث ولكافة المتحدثين.

Fantastic GRM workshop on Gulf futures with my co-director @Bmalsaif. The past two days were marked by an intellectually stimulating and interdisciplinary discussion from all the participants. Thank you to Gulf Research Center - مركز الخليج للأبحاث and all the colleagues who joined!

A pleasure co-directing a GRM workshop with Mohammed T. Alsudairi 苏墨涵 at Cambridge University. We had a solid, interdisciplinary discussion analyzing the many ways state and society conceive and enact Gulf futures. Thanks to Gulf Research Center - مركز الخليج للأبحاث and our amazing speakers. Stay tuned for more!

'I think the Iraqi state can reign in on some of these voices & communicate its vision within Iraq, as much as Kuwait should also advocate its position vis-à-vis Iraq to its Kuwaiti stakeholders', says Bader Al-Saif بدر السيف in our recent webinar. Watch in full here: facebook.com/CHMENAProg/vid…

Recognition of Palestine must not be the end of the story - but must be only the beginning. My latest op-ed in the @ft Financial Times. 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇫🇷 Recognition of Palestine by the UK, France & Canada affirms a legal right — but: 🧵ft.com/content/e57483…

#Kuwait's martyrs.. a timeless legacy of heroism, national sacrifice (Photo feature) kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails… #KUNA #KUWAIT