Election results and a preview of future blogging on East Timor, Slovenia and France.
Category: South-East Asia
December electoral roundup, part 1
The first of a two-part update on recent electoral news. Today Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, the Philippines and Austria.
Twilight of the Duterte era?
The Philippines' controversial president changes his mind about running for vice-president next year. Is he really ready for retirement?
A new leader for Malaysia
Muhyiddin Yassin never succeeded in defining himself as more than a stopgap leader, demonstrating again that the benefit incumbents get from Covid-19 is real but limited.
Democracy shut down in Myanmar
Myanmar's military uses baseless claims of election fraud to seize power. It sounds much too familiar for comfort.
Verdict on corruption in Malaysia
With a former prime minister sentenced for corruption, Malaysia's government will have a difficult task in staying afloat.
Close shaves for two autocracies
Results from Singapore and Poland show authoritarian regimes hanging on, but not without difficulty. The big question is how they will react to near-defeat.
One cheer for Singapore
Singapore's election will, as usual, not really be an exercise in democracy. But this year the example of Hong Kong reminds us that things could be a lot worse.
Making sense of Malaysia
A complicated political crisis in Malaysia threatens to undo the historic election result of 2018, with some lessons for the rest of us.
Post-Easter results roundup
A swag of election results from Indonesia, Israel, Ukraine and North Macedonia.
The World is Not Enough 