CMEC Chairman, Baroness Morris of Bolton, has been appointed Trade Envoy to Jordan, Kuwait and the Palestinian Territories.

Haifa Zaaiter, in Al-Monitor, explores whether the large demonstrations in the streets of Kuwait last weekend constituted evidence of a genuine threat to the regime.

Writing exclusively for CMEC, Shashank Joshi from the Royal United Services Institute considers whether the Arab League can be an effective actor in the Middle East following the events of the Arab awakening and recent turmoil in Syria.

CMEC’s Director Leo Docherty vists Kuwait as an international observer of the 2012 National Assembly Elections.