07/08/2007

Kuwait, a small oil-rich country on the Persian Gulf, is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, Iraq to the north and Iran to the east. With hindsight, the difficult negotiations that fixed the borders between Kuwait and its neighbors in 1922 (the ^cUqair Conference) hinted at the nascent problem of Kuwait’s stateless. The founder of Saudi Arabia insisted that borders be defined by people and not territory and reflect the movements of certain Bedouin tribes.