Remembering Emir Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah
AGSIW offers reflections on Sabah al-Ahmed by former U.S. ambassadors to Kuwait, Deborah K. Jones, Douglas A. Silliman, Lawrence R. Silverman, and Edward W. Gnehm, Jr., as well as former U.S. Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations Thomas R. Pickering.
On September 29, Kuwait announced the passing of Emir Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah. Serving as foreign minister, prime minister, and, finally, emir, Sabah al-Ahmed played a defining role as a humanitarian and mediator, but he will be remembered most by his people as the father of modern Kuwait.
AGSIW offers reflections on Sabah al-Ahmed by former U.S. ambassadors to Kuwait, Deborah K. Jones (2008-11), Douglas A. Silliman (2014-16), Lawrence R. Silverman (2016-19), and Edward W. Gnehm, Jr. (1991-94), as well as former U.S. Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Thomas R. Pickering (1989-1992).
