Elections
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Ballots and Bullets in the Bangsamoro
Organised in parallel to national polls, these contests pitted former rebels against powerful political clans, with an incomplete peace process…
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Kenya’s 2022 Election: High Stakes
It will be hard-fought. ICG To avert the violence that has marred past contests, the two candidates should pledge to…
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A Welcome Chance for a Reset in Somalia
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Omar Mahmood looks at the challenges confronting the new chief executive and suggests some…
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Australia election: How climate is making Australia more unliveable
Sam Bowstead is an architect who specialises in preparing houses to withstand natural disasters. But when floods engulfed his Brisbane…
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What Ministers should do – Human Rights in the election
Human rights experts have welcomed Labor’s plan to restore merit appointments to the Australian Human Rights Commission, and to appoint…
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Droughts, fires and floods: Could climate change decide Australia’s election?
The result could be decisive for global climate goals, as voters demand lawmakers do more to cut emissions. Alistair Walsh…
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The Philippines Votes the Marcos Dynasty Back into Power
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Georgi Engelbrecht explains the vote’s implications for the country’s internal security and foreign policy.…
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To Australians sick of the election: this is why voting is not a waste of your time
To the ordinary Australian, voting may appear to be ineffective and a waste of time. Intifar Chowdhury The Conversation The…
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Election 2022: Major parties’ approach to Indigenous issues slammed
Scott Morrison’s dismissal of the Uluru Statement from the Heart is “disheartening,” according to the CEO of the peak Aboriginal…
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A secret party? Immoral? Explaining who the ‘teal’ independents really are
As the election campaign nears its final fortnight, the Coalition is increasingly anxious about the threat posed by so-called teal…
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Xi congratulates Jose Ramos-Horta on election as Timor-Leste’s president
BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory message to Jose Ramos-Horta on his…
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Democracy undermined: elections in the UK are changing – here’s how
But only days before, new laws have been rushed through parliament, with amendments and approval (Royal Assent) occuring within the space of…
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Macron reelected for second term as French president
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron was reelected Sunday with some 58 percent of the vote to defeat far-right challenger…
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Ramos-Horta wins East Timor election
Data from the country’s election administration body (STAE) with all votes counted on Thursday showed Mr Ramos-Horta secured a decisive…
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When will there be a federal ICAC or anti-corruption commission? What are the parties promising?
The Deputy Prime Minister’s latest comments on why the Coalition has walked away from its 2019 election pledge to establish…
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Federal Elections and Migrant/Ethnic Australia
In a fragmented society like ours, with so many parallel microcosms, with so many different individual and common experiences and…
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