Tag: Elections
43 Articles
- Global Governance
Brexit and Scotland
In practice, matters were more complicated. First, the Brexit vote begs the question of whether power should go back to the people, as in the referendum, or back to Parliament,…
November 12, 2019
- Global Governance
How Poland’s Law & Justice Party Plans to Win
From Hungary to Turkey, strong, democratically-elected parties have used their control over the legislature to change their constitutions and other rules of the game in ways that…
October 3, 2019
- Global Governance
A Transition from Above or From Below in Venezuela?
Existing scholarly research suggests that a lack of prominent pro-government political moderates makes a transition from above unlikely. Instead, re-democratization depends on…
August 30, 2019
- Human Rights & Development
Part II: Bosnia and Herzegovina after the October 2018 Elections: Highly Volatile, Yet Functionally Inert
The Impetus Must Come from Below At least as worrisome and consequential to Bosnia as the illiberal engagement from Moscow, Ankara, or Beijing is that from Belgrade and Zagreb,…
July 7, 2019
- Human Rights & Development
Part I: Bosnia and Herzegovina after the October 2018 Elections: Highly Volatile, Yet Functionally Inert
More than half a year ago on October 7, 2018, Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter “BiH” or simply “Bosnia”) held general elections in a highly charged environment in…
July 3, 2019
- Global Governance
The United States Must be on the Side of Democracy in Southeast Asia
Faced with the challenge of backsliding democracy in Southeast Asia, the United States must make sure that democracy and human rights are at the heart of its policies in the…
May 21, 2019
- Business & Economics
Brazil’s Persistent Unemployment Challenge
Brazilians still worry about their public healthcare delivery system, corruption, and crime, but are now forced to grapple with the day-to-day threats to their economic welfare…
May 3, 2019
- Global Governance
2019 Indian Elections: Despite Economic Missteps, Modi’s Reelection Prospects Remain Strong
Modi’s 2014 Election Victory Prime Minister Modi swept into office in May 2014 after securing a decisive victory over the incumbent Congress Party and its coalition partners.…
April 11, 2019
- Dialogues
Douglas Alexander on the Future of the United Kingdom
GJIA: Upon news of the Brady Amendment passing, Ian Blackford (leader of the SNP in Westminster) accused the government of ripping up the Good Friday Agreement. What do you think…
February 14, 2019
- Global Governance
Brazil’s 2018 National Elections and the Politics of Branding: Why Brazilians are voting for Jair Bolsonaro
There is no single explanation for Bolsonaro’s popularity. For both his original supporters and the more centrist voters who will support him in the second round of the…
October 24, 2018