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After taking office in December 2023, Sheikh Mishaal Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah promised significant reforms to shake up Kuwait’s political and economic systems, but the emir has made little apparent impact during his first year in power, other than suspending parliament and clamping down on critics.

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In a move that points to continued turbulence in the executive, Kuwait Emir Sheikh Mishaal Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah appointed Tareq Suleiman Ahmed Al-Roumi as oil minister in late October. Sheikh Mishaal also appointed Jalal Sayed Abdulmuhsin Al-Tabtabei as education minister, replacing Adel Mohammed Al-Adwani.

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Emir Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmed’s fourth son Sheikh Jaber has married another Al-Sabah, Sheikha Noor Bint Talal Al-Sabah.

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The Brics summit hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin allowed the first meeting between Iran and the UAE since they became full members of the emerging economies’ bloc in January. The conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon were high up the agenda as the Russian city of Kazan hosted an event that allowed emerging economies to show off their potential as an eventual alternative to western economic dominance – and the dollar economy – but above all it allowed Putin to bask in the glow of peer group recognition, ahead of the US election, while his war in Ukraine rages on.

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The Kuwaiti and Malaysian governments have agreed to start formal negotiations on a deal to sell the Kuwait Air Force’s fleet of 32 F/A-18 C/D Hornet jets, which are being replaced by more modern aircraft. Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad told Malaysian defence minister Khaled Nordin he saw “no obstacles” to a deal.

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With parliament sidelined for up to four years, the government could push through some long-delayed reforms to the economy, but there has been little sign of meaningful policy initiatives by Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad’s team. Now the IMF is pushing the government to use its ‘window of opportunity’ to cut spending, relax foreign ownership rules and reduce the public sector workforce.

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A Kuwait Air Force F-18 fighter jet crashed during a training mission on 9 October, with Flight Lieutenant Mohammed Mahmoud Abdulrasoul dying in the incident. It is the first fatal crash suffered by the force in more than two decades.

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The clampdown on alleged citizenship fraud began in May, with three waves of cancellations since late August. At the same time, the government is making it harder for foreigners to acquire Kuwaiti citizenship.

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Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Energy and Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (Kufpec) were awarded further licences in September, adding to their existing portfolios in Indonesia, where both have recently made natural gas discoveries.

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China’s Premier Li Qiang has called for faster progress on free trade negotiations with the GCC during a trip to Riyadh. At the same time, the GCC has been holding trade talks with Indonesia and Turkey, Oman has been pursuing a bilateral deal with India, and the UAE has been making changes to its approach to trade pacts after mixed results from its initial deals.

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Former premier Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah died in mid-September at the age of 82, a year after being convicted in the Army Fund corruption case.

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The cabinet changes saw four new ministers join an expanded executive team, just three months after the previous cabinet had been appointed, in a sign that Emir Sheikh Mishaal is intent on pushing his reform agenda.

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The Kuwait National Guard’s only commander since it was set up in 1967, Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabeh, died on 12 August. He was one of the oldest and richest members of the Kuwaiti ruling family.

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In late July, just as the UAE was wrapping up several of its latest bilateral free trade deals, a GCC delegation was in Ankara from 29-31 July for the first round of discussions on a free trade deal with Türkiye.  That was soon followed on 1 August by the official launch of negotiations on a free trade agreement between the GCC and Indonesia.

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Persistent budget deficits and the rapid depletion of the General Reserve Fund are prompting the Kuwaiti government to consider some potentially unpopular moves to restrict state spending.

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