What’s at stake in the five countries that go to the polls in 2025

Lisandro Claudio, The Conversation Garret Martin, The Conversation Jorge Heine, The Conversation Patrick James, The Conversation Tatsiana Kulakevich, The Conversation

· Yesterday · 10:00 pm

2024: In democracy’s most testing year, disruptions, discontent and defiance

Pius Fozan

· Dec 31, 2024 · 09:00 am

How can authoritarian rulers be rolled back? Accurate information for citizens holds the key

Suvojit Chattopadhyay

· Dec 28, 2024 · 06:30 am

In the supermarket of democracy, choice is an illusion. Is there a real alternative?

Ashish Kothari

· Dec 08, 2024 · 09:00 am

South Korea: Martial law was short lived but political crisis remains. What’s next?

Alexander M Hynd, The Conversation

· Dec 04, 2024 · 07:00 pm

Sri Lanka election: Young candidates take to politics, herald generational shift in parliament

Sugeeswara Senadhira

· Nov 14, 2024 · 09:00 am

Ahead of elections, Mauritius’s attempt to ban social media reflects dwindling rights

Roukaya Kasenally, The Converastion

· Nov 10, 2024 · 10:00 pm

How ‘both sides’ journalism undermines impartiality and is a disservice to democracy

Denis Muller, The Conversation

· Nov 01, 2024 · 10:00 pm

The artificially intelligent nation-state: Data-hungry, biased tech could prove costly for India

Rohit Chopra

· Oct 25, 2024 · 09:00 am

Bangladesh is debating a proportional representation poll system – but some say it’s impractical

Faisal Mahmud

· Oct 18, 2024 · 06:30 am

Gandhi’s last fast for fraternity is a reminder of why the political must be personal

Rajendran Narayanan

· Oct 02, 2024 · 07:00 am

Why the election noise in Kashmir is a symptom of democratic deep freeze

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Sep 18, 2024 · 06:30 am

‘One inch away from civil war’: Trump shooting puts American democracy in peril

Arie Perliger, The Conversation

· Jul 14, 2024 · 06:30 pm

Why France is headed for a turbulent coalition government

Romain Fathi, The Conversation

· Jul 09, 2024 · 10:00 pm

With education sidelined from reforms agenda, Malaysia’s ‘civilising’ vision lacks substance

S Munirah Alatas

· Jul 09, 2024 · 11:30 am

UK elections 2024: New Prime Minister Keir Starmer – a latecomer to politics, a man on a mission

Mark Bennister, The Conversation Ben Worthy, The Conversation

· Jul 05, 2024 · 10:00 pm

Excluded by the BJP, shunned by the Opposition: Indian Muslims and the crisis of non-belonging

Harsh Mander

· Jun 23, 2024 · 09:00 am

Today’s world moves at breakneck speed but democracy is slow. The Far Right is exploiting this

Jesus Casquete, The Conversation

· Jun 22, 2024 · 10:00 pm

‘Peak Modi’ has passed – for now – and what that could mean for Indian democracy and politics

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jun 12, 2024 · 06:30 am

EU parliamentary election: Fragile centre holds as far-right parties make significant gains

Amelia Hadfield, The Conversation

· Jun 11, 2024 · 10:00 pm