- One Word Destroyed the Bangla Tigressโs Diktat in an Instant
Sheikh Hasina, ex-Prime Minister of Bangladesh at the Olympic hunger summit in Downing Street, London, UK on 12 August 2012. (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) (formerly, Foreign and Commonwealth… - All Change in Singapore in 2024
Leadership transition?: Lawrence Wong, deputy prime minister and likely future leader of Singapore, meets with Japanese PM Fumio Kishida in May 2023. (ยฉ Japan Cabinet Public Affairs Office, Cabinet Secretariat,… - The Spectre of Doomerism: How a โBoringโ Prime Minister Became This Hated
A stark example of what the country has become: the PM meets the electorate in an evacuation centre in Ishikawa Prefecture after January’s devastating earthquake. ยฉ Japan Cabinet Public Affairs… - Iraq’s Governorate Elections: Who’s Who
What is a governorate? After an entire decade, Iraq is preparing to conduct a new set of elections on the 18th of December to determine the members of the nationโs… - What to Expect from the Second Half of Japanโs Unified Local Elections
Following on from the first half of the local elections, this Sunday will mark polling day in another vast swathe of the country. As explained previously, while the previous half… - What to Expect from Japanโs “Unified” Local Elections, First Half
Things are fairly quiet on Japanโs national political front, in keeping with the old-school consensus (some would say indecisive) politics of Prime Minister Kishida. Despite recent rumours of a snap… - Iraqi Gridlock: Leadup and Stalemate
With the essential context provided in our previous article, we must now analyze the events leading up to the gridlock and its protagonist, Sayyid Muqtada Al Sadr. October The Muhasasa’s… - Iraqi Gridlock: Essential Background
Photo: Iraqi police show of their ink-stained index fingers by Staff Sgt. Jim Goodwin | This image is dedicated to the public domain under CC0. Al Sudani; A Return to… - A Yama Gets Wacky: Politics Lessons from a Paradoxical Election, Part Two
Thousand-year-old pilgrimages, remote coastal outcrops, the world’s most controversial fishing, and supremely old-school LDP politics: welcome (back) to Wakayama. ยฉ Makoto Akamatsu; Shin’ya Ichinohe via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0); MOFA… - A Yama Gets Wacky: Politics Lessons from a Paradoxical Election, Part One
Last month, a Japanese prefecture (think state or province in other countries) elected its governor, after the previous one announced his decision to retire after sixteen years in office. A… - Thailand: The Electoral Experiment and Changes Back To The Past
With less than 6 months before a new general election is held on 7 May 2023, Thailand is ready to wave goodbye to its 25th parliament. However, between the 2019… - Podcast: India 1971 (History Corner #9)In this monthโs History Corner, we remain in 1971 for our very first international special, exploring the fifth national parliament election held in India. Facing a myriad of challenges, Prime…
- Taiwan Elections: A Referendum on Democracy?
On Saturday 11th of January, both presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Taiwan. The presidential election saw the incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen of the liberal and pro-independence Democratic Progressive… - The Justice Party and the South Korean Left: A Movement With Potential but Divided and Struggling
A guest article from Asia Elects. Since the fall of the conservative government led by former-president Park Geun Hye, the election after the scandal which brought her down was won… - Israel: One Month Later, A Country Still Divided
On the 30th May, the 21st Knesset (Israeli legislature) was dissolved after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition able to secure a majority within the Knesset.… - Israeli Election Outcome: Despite the Noise, Not Much Change
Prime Minister Benjamin โBibiโ Netanyahu is an incredibly talented politician. I started my last article with the same sentence and Iโm forced to do so again. In the face of… - Will the Turkish local elections carry a blow to Erdoฤan?
In a matter of few weeks, on the 31 March 2019, 56 million Turkish citizens will be heading to the polls to elect their mayors and local representatives in fiercely… - Israeli Elections: Netanyahu’s last stand?Prime Minister Benjamin โBibiโ Netanyahu (ECR) has painted himself as an incredibly talented politician. Sandwiched between a dissolving right-wing coalition and the expected indictment on three charges of corruption, he…
- European Parliament Projection – August 2018
Originally published at The New Federalist The EPP fails to inspire young voters The latest projection by Europe Elects for the European Parliament elections, in 2019, shows that the EPP…
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