Elections
Georgia’s Parliamentary Dispute Deepens as Opposition Challenges Democratic Legitimacy
Georgia’s political crisis has become a test of whether a country can retain the formal institutions of democracy while gradually weakening the conditions that make those institutions meaningful. The governing Georgian Dream party has continued…
Morocco Election Exposes the Limits of Economic Growth Without Political Trust
Morocco’s parliamentary election this week has taken place against an unusual contradiction. The country has attracted substantial foreign investment, expanded infrastructure and positioned itself as an increasingly important manufacturing and commercial hub between Europe and…
Sweden Election Gives Centre-Left Narrow Lead as Europe’s Rightward Shift Meets Resistance
Sweden’s election has produced a narrow advantage for the centre-left opposition led by former prime minister Magdalena Andersson, potentially ending four years of conservative government supported by the right-wing Sweden Democrats. The result is particularly…
France Faces Another Political Crisis as Government Struggles to Control Debt
France is entering another difficult political autumn as its government struggles to reconcile two realities that increasingly seem incompatible: voters want the welfare and public services associated with the French social model, while the state…
Trump’s Fed Clash Reopens the Debate Over Central Bank Independence
Donald Trump’s confrontation with the Federal Reserve has become one of the most consequential institutional disputes of his second presidency. Trump has repeatedly attacked the Fed for keeping interest rates too high, arguing that monetary…
Pashinyan Wins Armenia Election Despite Russian Pressure
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party has won today’s parliamentary election, preserving his government at one of the most consequential moments in Armenia’s post-Soviet history. The campaign was shaped by much more than…
Philippines Election Tests Marcos as Duterte Alliance Collapses
The Philippines is approaching another major political confrontation as the alliance that brought Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte to power has effectively collapsed into open rivalry. Their partnership in 2022 was electorally formidable because…
Bangladesh Election Returns BNP to Power After Hasina Era
Bangladesh has completed one of the most consequential elections in its recent history, the first national vote since Sheikh Hasina was removed from power by the 2024 student-led uprising. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has…
Takaichi Wins Historic Supermajority in Japan Snap Election
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has converted personal popularity into one of the largest parliamentary victories in modern Japanese history. In today’s snap election, her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 316 of the 465 seats…
Myanmar Military-Backed Party Sweeps Election Held Amid Civil War
Myanmar’s first general election since the 2021 military coup has ended almost exactly as expected. The military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has won an overwhelming parliamentary majority after voting was conducted in three…
Israel Becomes First Country to Recognise Somaliland as Independent State
Israel has become the first country in the world formally to recognise Somaliland as an independent sovereign state, breaking a diplomatic isolation that has lasted more than three decades. Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in…
José Antonio Kast Wins Chile Presidency in Sharp Rightward Shift
Chile has elected José Antonio Kast president, completing one of the sharpest political reversals in Latin America this year. Kast defeated Jeannette Jara, the Communist Party member and former labour minister representing the governing left,…
