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BJP Picks Youngest-Ever President to Court Youth Vote
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has elected Nitin Nabin, a 45-year-old legislator from Bihar, as its youngest-ever party president. Nabin succeeds J.P. Nadda,...
Power, Reform, and Control: Vietnam’s Party Congress Sets the Tone for the Decade
Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party has opened its tightly choreographed, week-long congress in Hanoi, an event that will determine the country’s top leadership and set...
Museveni Leads Uganda Election Amid Allegations of Repression
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, 81, who has ruled the country since 1986, appears to be on track for a decisive victory in early results...
Uganda’s Election: A Foregone Conclusion with Uncomfortable Implications
Uganda’s upcoming presidential election is unlikely to produce surprises. President Yoweri Museveni, now 81 and in power since 1986, is expected to secure yet...
Portugal’s Historic Election Heads for a Runoff
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Portugal faces a pivotal and fragmented presidential election this Sunday, with polls showing no clear winner and the strong possibility of a historic...
Uganda’s Election Puts Succession, Stability and Long-Running Rule to the Test
Ugandans head to the polls on Thursday in a presidential election that is expected to extend President Yoweri Museveni’s nearly four-decade grip on power,...
“They Were Not Protesting”: Inside Tanzania’s Election Violence
At around 8:30 p.m. on October 31, life in Mjimwema, a hillside neighbourhood overlooking Lake Victoria in the Tanzanian city of Mwanza, appeared ordinary....
The Election That Trump Says Will Decide His Fate
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President Donald Trump framed the 2026 midterm elections as a direct referendum on his own political survival, telling House Republicans at a private...
Malaysia’s Ex-PM Muhyiddin Steps Down as Opposition Leader, Opening Door for Islamist PAS
Malaysia’s political landscape has remained volatile since the 2018 election ended decades of single-coalition rule. Former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin emerged as a key...
Inside Vietnam’s Leadership Transition
Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party will convene its 14th five-yearly congress from January 19–25, a tightly choreographed political event that will determine the country’s top...