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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow can we better regulate elections in the digital age?
Our politicians need to empower our electoral and information regulators to tackle the challenges ahead. Sam Jeffers...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia“From the revolution, we learned to be united”: leaving politics behind. An interview with Mahienour el-Massry
On the occasion of the anniversary of the eighteen days’ occupation of Tahrir Square, beginning 25 January 2011,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSisi’s coronation and the Egyptian opposition
In an attempt to centralize power, the regime is in the process of creating one unified enemy, an alliance between...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHonduras, the country where even the police are fed up with electoral fraud and violence
In a country that lives from institutional crisis to institutional crisis since the coup d'état in 2009, the current...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaChallenging elections in Chile
Some of today's established reforms in Chile will go down in History as significant changes, yet Michele Bachelet...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe tragedy of the Venezuelan opposition
The opposition camp in Venezuela is more divided than ever. Yesterday’s reasons for unity have now become reasons...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe risky business of Fujimori’s pardon
Peruvian president Kuczynski hesitates, but several members of his party favour the ex-president's release from...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaChile elections: why progressives will not win
Chilean progressives have achieved great cultural victories but are politically fragmented. Their crisis is deeper...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe President, the General and their country
The transition in Angola is already on its way. Fortunately for Angolans– except for Mr. Dos Santos and his...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaElections do not mean democracy
Elections are not a bad thing. But for the sake of our own commitment to honesty, let us not deceive ourselves into...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe significance of Rouhani’s win: reality or illusion?
What lies ahead for Iran? Two personal views on the Iranian elections, one hopeful and one pessimistic from two...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIran's precision engineered elections
The Islamic Republic of Iran's engineering of its so-called elections starts from the very day the Guardian Council...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIran’s presidential election: the cynical moderate versus the representative of the deep state
As the incumbent moderate president faces off the Islamic Republic's deep state, potential variations and the shadow...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCan Lebanon’s sectarian elite agree on an electoral law?
The electoral law impasse is yet further proof of how all political matters can be instrumentalized in a bigoted...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia2016 Moroccan elections: the past never happened
The one institution that benefited from the post-Arab Spring uncertainty and continues to profit from poor party...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCan Hariri coexist with a strong Christian president in Lebanon?
Hizbullah Chief Nasrallah is unwavering in his support for Aoun. Now, following Geagea’s endorsement of Aoun, can...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy almost nobody participated in the Egyptian parliamentary elections
Awaited for more than two years, the first round of parliamentary elections in Egypt has bluntly confirmed the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTurkey in limbo
Will the new election help take Turkey out of its impasse? Is there any hope that the results will be any different...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaReligion, class, and Turkey’s new left
A response to Kenan Malik, arguing that though he is right to worry about identity politics, in the case of Turkey...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFinal observations on Israeli elections
The question remains, even if Netanyahu can form a workable government, can he repair the damage he has done to...