Good governance is the missing link in Nigeria’s democratic experience since 1999.
Michigan’s redistricting commission consists of ordinary citizens with no special qualifications. A court has disapproved their initial effort.
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In 2024, more than 40% of the world’s population is eligible to vote in an election. The scale is unprecedented, but not all elections are made equal. What will it mean for democracy?
Posters of presidential candidate William Lai and his running mate, Hsiao Bi-khim.
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There are lots of ideas about how to save local news. One of them is that increasing coverage of local politics will bring back readers and viewers. Research shows that it doesn’t.
The Treaty of Lisbon celebrates its 15th anniversary on 13 December. Looking back, experts agree that it played a big part in structuring the EU as we know it. It reinforced the role of Commission President…
When Democrats and Republicans fight, do Americans win?
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The deadline to fund the US government is fast approaching, and it will take a Congress seemingly addicted to brinkmanship to keep the government open.
Supporters attend a meeting of the 11 opposition candidates in Antananarivo on 21 October 2023.
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The autocratic Law and Justice Party looks set to be turfed out by a center-left coalition, which gained more than half of all votes.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh as Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre looks on at a Tamil heritage month reception in January 2023.
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ChatGPT and its ilk give propagandists and intelligence agents a powerful new tool for interfering in politics. The clock is ticking on learning to spot this disinformation before the 2024 election.
An election tribunal recently upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election victory in Nigeria.
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For a quarter of a century Malaysians have campaigned for something better, for greater transparency and accountability, and a more equitable, cross-communal, way of governing Malaysia.