Columnist

Dr. Bashayer Al-Majed

Dr. Bashayer Al-Majed is a Professor of Law at Kuwait University, and a Visiting Fellow at Oxford. She is a civil law expert and works toward empowering women in the Middle East and advancing legal equality.

Her primary research field is comparative private law, with a particular focus on commercial contracts and dispute resolution. She has written and lectured extensively across a wide range of legal topics and contributed to legislative drafting and legal reform initiatives. She is also active in the areas of constitutional reform and economic diversification.

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Misreading the Gulf: Why diplomacy did not fail — the law did

Recent commentary has suggested that diplomatic engagement in the Gulf has faltered under the weight of renewed regional escalation. Yet such interpretations risk misdiagnosing the nature of the current crisis.

March 28, 2026