Kristen Smith Diwan

Bio:

Kristen Smith Diwan is assistant professor of Middle East politics at the School of International Service of American University.

Articles by this Author


The Gulf Comes Down to Earth	Between the summer of 2008 and the beginning of 2009, oil prices plummeted from a high of $147 per barrel to a low of $33. This extraordinary reversal of fortune announced the end of the second oil boom for the countries of the Gulf Cooperation...	MER252
A Tale of Two Kuwaits	Elections in Kuwait are usually festive occasions, but in May 2009 Kuwaitis were frustrated. It was the third set of elections in three years, all coming after the emir dissolved the National Assembly because of confrontations between...	MER252