If Kuwait and the other Gulf sheikhdoms want to move beyond embryonic assemblies into full democracy, here is the way.
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Dubai, one of seven sheikhdoms in the United Arab Emi-rates, is fast becoming the major business and tourist hub for much of the Middle East.
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And if they continue to prove their anti-Shia credentials day after day, they will not have lost their utility for the Sunni-Wahabi sheikhdoms of the Middle East as well, from where they receive the bulk of their funding.
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