Politics
Erdoğan Won Turkey’s Presidency Less Than a Year Ago. His Party Just Suffered Its Worst Local-Election Defeat in Two Decades.
Turkey voted in local elections today, and the emerging result is striking. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party, the AKP, appears to have suffered its worst nationwide local-election result since it came to…
Senegal’s Government Tried to Delay an Election. Its Institutions Pushed Back. That Is What Democratic Resilience Actually Looks Like.
Senegal votes today in one of the most consequential elections in its post-independence history, but the fact that the election is happening at all has become almost as important as who eventually wins it. President…
Russia Held an Election. An Election Without a Real Possibility of Losing Is Something Different.
Russia voted in a presidential election this weekend, and there was never serious uncertainty about who would emerge as president. Vladimir Putin, who has dominated Russian politics for almost a quarter of a century, is…
Haiti Still Has a Government. The Harder Question Is Whether It Still Has a State.
Haiti’s political and security crisis has deteriorated dramatically this week. Armed gangs have launched coordinated attacks across Port-au-Prince, targeting police stations, prisons and strategic infrastructure while Prime Minister Ariel Henry remains outside the country. Thousands…
People in Gaza Are Not Going Hungry Simply Because There Is No Food. The System That Moves Food to People Is Breaking Down.
More than one hundred Palestinians were reported killed on Thursday around an aid convoy entering northern Gaza, after thousands of people gathered around trucks carrying desperately needed food. Palestinian authorities have accused Israeli forces of…
India’s Economy Is Growing Rapidly. The Harder Question Is Who Gets to Participate in That Growth.
India enters its approaching general election with an economic record that would be politically valuable to almost any incumbent government. The country has remained one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies, infrastructure investment has expanded…
Indonesia Just Voted for Continuity. The Question Is Whether Continuity Is Becoming a Dynasty.
Indonesia held one of the world’s largest elections on Wednesday, with more than 200 million registered voters choosing a president, national legislators and thousands of regional representatives across an archipelago containing more than 17,000 islands.
Pakistan’s Establishment Could Shape the Election. It Could Not Completely Shape the Voters.
Pakistan’s general election has produced exactly the kind of result that makes the word “winner” unusually difficult to use. Candidates aligned with imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan have won more National Assembly constituencies than…
Europe Just Gave Ukraine €50 Billion. Most of the Important Work Will Not Happen on the Battlefield.
The European Union finally agreed this week on a €50 billion financial package for Ukraine covering the period to 2027, overcoming the Hungarian veto that prevented agreement at December’s summit. All twenty-seven EU governments, including…
The ICJ Did Not Rule That Israel Is Committing Genocide. What It Did Say Still Matters.
The International Court of Justice issued one of the most closely watched legal decisions of the Gaza war on Friday. South Africa has accused Israel of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention through its military campaign…
Iran and Pakistan Both Say They Were Fighting Terrorists. They Ended Up Bombing Each Other.
Iran and Pakistan exchanged military strikes across their shared border this week in one of the most serious confrontations between the two neighbours in years. On Tuesday, Iran launched missiles and drones into Pakistan’s southwestern…
America and Britain Have Bombed the Houthis. The Hard Question Is Whether Punishment Will Actually Make Them Stop.
The United States and Britain launched strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday, hitting sites associated with missiles, drones, radar and other military capabilities after weeks of attacks on commercial shipping in the Red…
