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Category: Middle East

Be careful what you wish for

Turkey's president has his wings clipped in a re-run of Istanbul's mayoral election, showing again that voters don't like sore losers.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Middle East 2 Comments 25 June 2019

Death in Egypt

A suspicious death in custody ends the unfortunate life of Egypt's first and only elected president.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Electoral law, Middle East, Personalities, Political issues 1 Comment 19 June 201924 February 2023

Post-Easter results roundup

A swag of election results from Indonesia, Israel, Ukraine and North Macedonia.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East, South-East Asia 4 Comments 22 April 201923 April 2019

One autocrat down, another two winged

Change in the Middle East didn't finish with the Arab Spring. Algeria's president resigned this week, and his counterparts in Sudan and Turkey are under threat.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Europe, Middle East, Political issues 4 Comments 5 April 20195 April 2019

The top 20 elections for 2019

Your guide to what to watch for on the electoral front in 2019.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Central and South Asia, Elections, Europe, Middle East, South-East Asia Leave a comment 24 January 2019

2018 in review

Looking back on the key elections of 2018 reveals an intriguing mix, with democracy recording some notable wins as well as losses.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Australia, Central and South Asia, Elections, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, South-East Asia, United States 2 Comments 2 January 2019

Armenia’s new leader consolidates

A lopsided election victory for the new government in Armenia.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Middle East 2 Comments 18 December 2018

Perpetual war for perpetual peace

America marks another anniversary, and a libertarian think-tank does good work in arguing against a state of permanent warfare.

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Charles Richardson Middle East, Political issues, United States, War and peace Leave a comment 13 September 2018

France, Zionism and antisemitism

Antisemitism in France is a mixture of change and continuity, which defies simple explanations and easy solutions.

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Charles Richardson Europe, France, Ideas, Middle East, Political issues 6 Comments 16 August 201827 January 2022

The hazards of memory

Ten years ago, Russia and Georgia went to war. Remembering what happened then might help us now, but it might not.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Middle East, Political issues, War and peace 5 Comments 8 August 2018

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