Tag: Elections
43 Articles
- Dialogues
Ambassador Philippe Étienne on France-United States Relations, Brexit, and French Politics
GJIA: Recently, we had an election in the United States that was very consequential because we now have a very different president than the one we had before. How do you think…
December 28, 2021
- Dialogues
Dr. Dieter Dettke on the Future of German Domestic Politics
GJIA: As the Free Democrats officially joined the Greens and Social Democratic Party (SPD) in coalition talks, Christian Lindner said that the Free Democratic Party’s (FDP)…
December 16, 2021
- Dialogues
Ambassador Peter Wittig on the Implications of the German Elections
GJIA: Do you feel that the loss of Angela Merkel as Germany’s Chancellor will impact the influence of Germany in international bodies like the UN, European Union (EU), and…
November 5, 2021
- Global Governance
Belarus: Evolution in a Stalemate
Roughly 700,000 Belarusians took to the streets to demand Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s resignation. Peaceful protests were followed by unprecedented police violence and repression.…
August 2, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Bahrain and the Conundrum of Democracy Promotion
Bahrain, a tiny island state off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf, is a serious violator of human rights and good at pledging to mend its ways without following up…
June 14, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Using Social Media to Improve Nigeria’s Electoral Management
Using Social Media to improve Nigeria’s Electoral Management The last two general elections in Nigeria—2015 and 2019—have seen social media play an increasingly important…
April 22, 2021
- Society & Culture
An International Perspective on Observing US Elections
The Role of Election Observers Election observation can play an important role in promoting transparency and accountability during an electoral process by providing independent…
March 3, 2021
- Society & Culture
To Impeach or Not to Impeach: Lessons from Latin America
Since 1978, congresses from six of the nineteen Latin American countries have removed ten presidents through impeachments or declarations of incapacity (or the leaders have…
December 13, 2019
- Dialogues
Kathleen McNamara on Brexit and the Future of the UK
GJIA: Brexit has been in the news recently. Jeremy Corbin announced on October 29th that he was in favor of a general election in December 2019. If a general election happens,…
November 19, 2019
- Conflict & Security
Turkey, Erdogan, and the Kurds: War as a State-Building Strategy
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are an assembly of militias with Kurdish forces at the core. They are currently resisting Turkey’s widely condemned military assault on…
November 14, 2019