On September 29th, Sheikh Sabah Salem Alsabah, the Emir of Kuwait, passed away. Emir Sabah was a diplomat par excellence. Under his aegis, Kuwait maintained good relations with a large number of countries and acted as a mediator in the Yemen war and the Gulf crisis. As an advocate of a multilateral order, Sabah was a driving force behind the formation of the Gulf Cooperation Council. He also used his skills in Kuwait itself to unite a sometimes very heterogeneous society and rival political camps. The decease of the 91 years old Sheikh Sabah Salem Alsabah, the Emir of Kuwait, poses two important interrelated questions: firstly, who is going to be Kuwait’s new crown prince and what does he stand for? And secondly, will Kuwait under the ruling of the new Emir change its regional foreign policies with regard to Iran, the Gulf crisis, and Israel?