Resilient Democracy

Kuwait’s political future

Can semi-democracy survive?

Six months after Kuwait's new emir dissolved parliament, its members have yet to resume their work. Still, there are strong indications that the country’s unique parliamentary system will prevail.
Politics in Bangladesh

The Fraying of Democracy

Bangladesh is increasingly torn: between economic progress and insecurity, law and impunity, Islamism and secular politics, violence and democracy. Portrait of a troubled country approaching its next major electoral test.