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EU loses a president

The European Union is looking for a new head of state, exposing some of the strangeness of its constitutional arrangements.

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Election preview: Bangladesh

It's not a great start for the electoral year, with a patently unfair election in Bangladesh.

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Israeli democracy fights back

Israel's supreme court narrowly rejects a key plank of the attack on its powers, adding to Benjamin Netanyahu's problems.

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2024 election preview

A look at what to expect in the electoral world in 2024.

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2023 in review

A look back at the big elections of the year and an assessment of some of the political trends.

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Bougainville still waiting

Four years after its near-unanimous referendum, Bougainville is still waiting for its independence.

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A bumper Latin American roundup

An update on recent electoral happenings in Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, Peru and Venezuela.

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Qualification in Colorado

The Colorado supreme court rules against Donald Trump's eligibility, but its decision is unlikely to survive on appeal.

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A big, chaotic election

The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo seeks re-election amidst logistical chaos and allegations of fraud.

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Creeping authoritarianism in Serbia

Serbia's autocratic president wins a parliamentary majority as expected, but his position is in some ways an unenviable one.

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