Kristian Coates Ulrichsen is the Baker Institute fellow for Kuwait. Previously, he worked as senior gulf analyst at the Gulf Center for Strategic Studies and as co-director of the Kuwait Program on Development, Governance and Globalization in the Gulf States at the London School of Economics (LSE). He is a visiting fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre and an associate fellow at Chatham House, UK.

The Energy Grail

The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World Daniel Yergin Allen Lane, 2011 The Quest by Daniel Yergin is a…

The Gulf and the Beautiful Game

[caption id="attachment_55250236" align="alignnone" width="620"] Foreign workers shine a bronze sculpture by French Algerian born artist Adel…

The Changing Face of Gulf Aid

[caption id="attachment_55249943" align="alignnone" width="620"] Gulf leaders meeting for the 34th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Kuwait on…

Rebooting Gulf-China Trade

[caption id="attachment_55249568" align="alignnone" width="620"] Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin…

Back to the Negotiating Table

[caption id="attachment_55249111" align="alignnone" width="620"] Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah alights from a plane as he…

The Middle and the East

[caption id="attachment_55248653" align="alignnone" width="620"] Saudi Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz (2nd L) is welcomed by his Japanese…

Taking the Right Path to Syria

[caption id="attachment_55248116" align="alignnone" width="620"] Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled al-Ateyya (L) sits during the opening ceremony of the…

Dialogue, Summit . . . Action?

[caption id="attachment_55247630" align="alignnone" width="620"] Gulf leaders meeting for the 34th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Kuwait on…

Sustainable Growth or More of the Same?

[caption id="attachment_55246803" align="alignnone" width="620"] GCC Oil and Energy Ministers (L to R) United Arab Emirate's Oil and Energy Minister…

France Takes the Lead

[caption id="attachment_55246042" align="aligncenter" width="620"] French Defense Minister Jean Yves Le Drian (L) sits near Saudi Deputy Defense…