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This article is a comparative, exploratory multicase study examining the relationship between domestic politics and national policies in the energy sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Libya. Key research questions are: What are the key factors shaping this relationship in each of these countries and what are the main obstacles to better policy-making processes and outcomes? To understand each country's context, a short overview of the energy profile and the political structure in terms of its legislative, political, and administrative institutions is provided. The study then identifies several challenges that fall under five major categories: political, policy-related, administrative, strategic, and economic challenges. While this study does not focus on the impact the interplay may have on the prospects of democracy in each country, it particularly considers its repercussions in the light of the upheavals in the Middle East and North African region. Keywords: Energy Policy, Middle East and North African Region, Arab Spring, Libya, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Less-Developed Democracies, Comparative Analysis, Multicase Study. Este articulo constituye un multicaso de estudio comparativo que explora la relacion entre politica domestica y politicas nacionales en el sector energetico en Arabia Saudita, Libano y Libia. Las preguntas clave de investigation son: ?cuales son los factores clave que moldean esta relacion en cada una de las tres naciones? y ?cuales son los principales obstaculos al mejoramiento proceso de hechura de politicas y resultados? El estudio procede posteriormente a identificar varios desafios que clasificamos en cinco categorias: politicos, relacionados con politicas, administrativos, estrategicos, y economicos. Este estudio no se enfoca en el impacto que podria tener el interjuego de tales desafios sobre las posibilidades de la democracia en cada nacion y por tanto en la calidad de la hechura de politicas. No obstante, si considera tal impacto a la luz de los cambios politicos recientes que ha experimentado la region del Medio Oriente y Africa del Norte., The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the Gulf States in particular, has 40 percent of the world's natural gas reserve and 61 percent of its oil reserves making [...]