Kuwait’s internal discord is likely to intensify if the court does not overturn the emir’s recent electoral decree.

More than a year after the outbreak of the uprising against Muammar Qaddafi’s rule, Libya is in the midst of a challenging transition, struggling without state institutions to manage the transition, security services to keep the peace, and sufficient national unity.

Distrustful of the NTC and one another, Libya’s militias resist immediate disarmament. Is it really a roadblock to democracy?