POLI 340 Final: Additional Readings

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 340
• Professor: Rex Brynen

Document Summary

Long history of parliamentary politics, vibrant and creative youth movement. Experience with contentious politics (along with massive oil wealth and us support) has not left it as well-equipped as once thought: popular and parliamentary challenges to royal authority have knocked the emirate off-balance. The arrest of opposition figure musallam al-barrak for his public warning to the emir and its ban on public demonstrations: youth movement has been active since at least 2006. Online activists and politicians have openly mocked the al-sabah family. Barrack (the opposition figure) will reportedly be charged with undermining the status of the. Amir: most protestors want to see a constitutional monarchy and political reforms, not revolution. Kuwaiti regime"s current course of action poses a real risk of radicalizing its opposition and setting in motion unpredictable popular force. Rumors of saudi and uae leaders pushing kuwait to crack down only exacerbates fears: demands thus far are relatively moderate reforms.