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Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen is director of the Kuwait Programme on Development, Governance and Globalisation in the Gulf States at the London School of Economics and Political Science and author of 'Insecure Gulf: The End of Certainty and the Transition to the Post-Oil Era.'


Kuwait and the Politics of Unsustainable Development

Recent spending increases in Kuwait highlight the difficulties faced by a government caught between short-term political expediency and longer-term sustainability.

Politics and Opposition in Kuwait

Politics and Opposition in Kuwait

Following Kuwait’s recent election on 2 February 2012, what chance of genuine reform and change does the future hold?

Kuwait's Tribal Primaries: Eroding an Older Order?

Kuwait’s Tribal Primaries: Eroding an Older Order?

‘Tribal primaries’ and what they might mean for the status quo in Kuwaiti politics.

Libya and the Gulf: Revolution and Counter-revolution

Libya and the Gulf: Revolution and Counter-revolution

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen considers the role played by GCC states in Libya, and what the implications of this will be in a post-Gadaffi era.