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Watching Kuwait’s seemingly dysfunctional political scene gives one the impression that the country is on a course toward endless instability and disorder. Last June’s round of parliamentary elections—the third in three years—resulted in the opposition winning a majority of seats, 29 out of 50, which inaugurated yet another period of disagreement between parliament and sitting Prime Minister Ahmad al-Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah. The present parliament is practically a replica of another that was elected in September 2022, but…