French election reflects death of political parties
The political party is dying and independents now rule among voters around the globe. France has emerged as the leader of this movement, and the first confirmation of its depth… Read more »
Category: Elections
Putin-controlled think-tank crafting information warfare: UK election next?
A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin is responsible for crafting the Kremlin’s information warfare against Western democracies, three current and four former U.S. officials told Reuters. Two… Read more »
Poll shows radical Islamization challenging Indonesia’s democracy
The Christian governor of Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, lost a bitterly contested race on Wednesday that was widely seen as a test of religious and ethnic tolerance in the world’s… Read more »
Putin’s ‘formidable influence machine’ at work in French poll
Russia, or at least its state-controlled news media, has been interfering in the French presidential election, the New York Times reports: Cécile Vaissié, a professor of Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet… Read more »
Reforms needed for polarized Kenya to avoid poll violence
Kenya’s government has failed to put adequate measures in place to deal with a potential outbreak of violence around elections in August, according to a leading democracy assistance group. The… Read more »
Turkey ‘will never be the same’ after referendum
On April 16, Turkish voters will be casting votes in the most consequential referendum of modern Turkish history, notes Henri J. Barkey, the director of the Middle East Program at… Read more »
Senegal needs Gambia exit strategy
Senegal’s leading role in solving Gambia’s political crisis has sealed its legitimacy to intervene and even interfere in Gambian affairs, first through its regionally mandated military force and now with… Read more »
Will Iran’s next election ‘reconfigure political landscape’?
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iran’s hardliners may want to sideline President Hassan Rouhani as May’s elections approach, but getting there is risky, according to a prominent analyst. Traditionally,… Read more »
West ‘ignoring Putin’s actions’ – must engage Russia’s democracy movements
The U.S. should remain engaged with Russia’s pro-democracy movement, says a leading opposition activist. It is important to maintain pressure on the Russian authorities and President Vladimir Putin and take… Read more »
Bulgaria poll a setback for Putin?
Bulgaria held parliamentary elections on 26 March, with preliminary results indicating that GERB, led by Boyko Borisov (left), had emerged as the largest party, says Dimitar Bechev, a Nonresident Senior Fellow… Read more »