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Trump campaign likely to remain main drivers of his administration – trade & immigration. While latter is domestic in scope former will have ramifications
The US president is exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to further the ‘America First’ agenda vis-à-vis China, Mexico and Iran
The general elections of 7 June 2015 were Turkey's last scheduled elections until the next one in 2019. Coming at a time when the country and its neighbours are on the brink of profound transformation, and given the increasing complexity of the socio-political situation in the Middle East, the elections results may well re-define the direction of West Asian politics for some time to come.
The upcoming Turkish elections could reconfigure Türkiye’s domestic policy and shape the long-term foreign policy course of this critical middle po
क्या देश को मिला नया नेतृत्व तुर्कमेनिस्तान में वो बदलाव
A new US aid package for Kyiv can’t mask the fact that its American support has been wearing out
Ukraine must convince its allies to continue military, financial and other support regardless of a change in power in their governments
As Biden draws on the experience of the 2018 midterms to expand his appeal with women, Trump is prioritising mobilisation — and not persuasion, for
In many countries across the world, democracy and political violence can be inseparable. Even the most advanced western democracies have not escaped this pitfall. For the young republic that is India, political violence is commonly linked to electoral politics and in many instances, is episodic. States such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Kerala, for example, have had a long history of violent incidents erupting during elections. West Bengal
While Trump attempts to expand his base from blue-collar whites to suburban white voters, Biden’s courtship of that crucial voting block stands ecli
The upcoming elections in UP reinforces the centrality of identity politics as parties continue to employ community outreach strategies
If Mayawati plays her cards correctly she will dictate terms in the upcoming UP elections.
It will be a world where neither America nor China can set the terms
The debate was a significant cultural and historic moment.
By not railing against Trump, by showing restraint during the VP debate, Harris came across as a woman in control.
Results of the 2004 parliamentary elections have generated a serious debate among scholars and analysts following the unexpected ouster of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the victory of the Congress-led coalition. Some see it as ¿the revenge of the poor against the pro-rich image of the government¿ and there are many who ascribe this to ¿the supposed maturity and ingenuity of the India voter¿.
In any case, given that the elections have become controversial even before a single vote has been cast means that the legitimacy of the next government, especially one led by Imran, will be constantly questioned and challenged.
The nature and complexity of the next government would either be a confirmation of the thesis that politicians can read the pulse of the people, or th
It is hardly a secret that China has tried to intervene in local politics and shape elections in other countries
The recent by-elections raise some key questions regarding the future of the Maldivian democracy.
As Nepal heads to polls, many hope for a clear victory of any one political party to avoid a period of instability
If the BJP has a long-term economic vision for India, it needs to shun acting in a purely transactional manner in the near term.
In the coming Pakistan elections, the PPP cannot be written off because it has substantial pockets of support across various provinces. But it deserves some sympathy. Asif Zardari has not had an easy time with the media which had deemed him corrupt from day one or the judiciary and the military which have foiled all his efforts to come up with bold policies.
It has been five years since General Pervez Musharraf came to power in Pakistan in a bloodless coup on October 12. One questionable referendum staged in April 2002, the less-than-credible parliamentary elections in October the same year, a controversial constitutional amendment and two changes of government this year later, Gen Musharraf is still the numero uno.
Today's nationalism is rooted in economic imperatives. Narendra Modi has understood and mastered the instruments and social forces.
Hasina’s victory will likely put Delhi-Dhaka relations under more scrutiny -with the West expecting India to be vocal about the state of democracy in Bangladesh
For all intents and purposes, this government is here to stay so long as it doesn’t fall out with the military
Now that the mood and methods have set in for three Provincial Council polls, the results would determine if the leadership of President Mahinda Rajapaksa would want to go ahead with the process in five others before holding the first-ever elections.
The Karnataka electorate did not give a clear mandate to any party. But it happens in democracies that follow the first past the post system.
It is surprising that much of America and the rest of the world seems surprised at an election of Donald Trump as the next US President.
For Narendra Modi, going into elections next year, the focus has been to put across India as a major global economy.
Trying to influence elections using tools like targeted messaging, fake news and negative campaigning have for long been part and parcel of politics.
The 2014 campaign was a pulsating and historic one but its essential architecture was unorthodox.
Any association with New Delhi is still seen as a kiss of death in Pakistani politics.
Despite having many dysfunctional bureaucratic institutions, no one has questioned the legitimacy of the Election Commission in holding free and fair
There is little or no excitement in global capitals over the Sri Lankan presidential polls this time, unlike during the last three elections of 2005,
These electronic machines have long been punching bags for frustrated political ambitions.
A politics of hand-outs hasn’t removed poverty from India. It has embedded it even more deeply. Narendra Modi was elected to end this politics. He is now following it.
Unless of course, those pining for talks with Pakistan believe that holding talks is an end in itself and not a means to an end.
2019 will be the year when social scientists from across the world will be able to test their hypotheses on predicting new world orders.
Commentators across the country have put their fingers on the issue on which the BJP erred, which resulted in such a setback in the byelections. The people of the country look up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a harbinger of peace, progress and development.
In the forthcoming US elections, it seems demographics favour the Democrats, if they are able to make sure there is a huge turnout among the youth and people of colour. But one must also remember that the Democrat nominee will in a sense have to run against historical patterns.
