SGT BRISCOE, RAYMOND
ALC SGL: SSG PAIGE, LLOYD
13D3 ALC CLASS 005-17 KUWAIT CULTURAL AWARENESS The importance of cultural awareness in today’s world is much higher than it has ever been. The economic impact that countries have on each other through exports and imports is a key factor on the sustainability plan that governments have created around the country’s well-being. Not only do countries exploit their natural resources in order to maintain the demand and power they acquire in the global economy, but some solely depend on these resources to provide the purchasing and spending power necessary to sustain them. It is not often that people think of the Middle East as a region with a positive connotation. …show more content…
Despite being located on the western segment of the Persian Gulf and having its capital, Kuwait City, located right on the coast, Kuwait has no permanent bodies of water, such as lakes or rivers. The physical environment of Kuwait is mainly made up of flat desert and mud flats. After the Persian Gulf War of 1991, Kuwait suffered tremendous damage to its water supply making it now unable to have any renewable water resource, relying now on wells and desalination of sea water. Due to this necessity, Kuwait has the most advanced desalination plants in the world. (Encyclopedia, …show more content…
The dry physical environment has pushed Kuwait to only focus on the exploitation and production of it oil resources since there is zero to no agriculture. This has created its economic system to depend fully on the income earned through the global trade of oil for everything ranging from government systems, such as welfare system all the way to an upgraded infrastructure system. For this to happen, an open political system is necessary, although some argue that Kuwait has a “weak” political system that does not allow for the private sector to flourish, it has allowed the country to make its public sector stronger and prepared itself for any future impacts that may arise. It is only fair to recognize the incredible impact that can be made worldwide by such a small