The internet has fundamentally altered who can participate in democratic public discourse, how political information circulates and who has the power to shape public opinion. Yet the legal principles governing democratic communication
On the last Friday before the first round of Brazil’s presidential elections, the U.S. embassy and consulates in the country remained closed, following a generic order from the State Department regarding ‘security
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Brazil’s presidential election comes amid a crisis of confidence in the Supreme Federal Court, after allegations involving Justice Alexandre de Moraes and financier Daniel Vorcaro have intensified political polarisation. With Lula and
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From once-violent streets in Masaya to nationwide consultations on electoral reform, Nicaragua’s government is presenting its political changes as a defence of popular sovereignty against Washington’s growing involvement in Latin American elections.
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US voters will decide control of Congress and 36 state governorships on November 3, in elections that will determine the balance of power for the final two years of President Donald Trump’s
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has resigned from office ahead of parliamentary elections on October 25, a move that allows him to contest the vote as the leading candidate of his Serbian Progressive
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a five-percentage-point lead over far-right opposition candidate Flavio Bolsonaro six days before the first round of the presidential election, according to a Quaest voting-intention
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A 2025 study found that 41 per cent of respondents across 10 European countries agreed that there is a group “trying to replace the native-born population with immigrants”, with 17.5 per cent
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Brazil’s overseas electorate has reached a record 918,876 registered voters ahead of the country’s presidential election on October 4, according to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). The voters, spread across 134 countries,
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Israel’s upcoming election is being closely watched across the Middle East, where neighbouring governments and regional powers expect the result to affect security, diplomacy and the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Prime
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In May 2026, three United Nations Special Rapporteurs issued a warning to the Indian Government, stating that the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls might endanger democratic participation.
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Germany’s postwar democratic stability is often attributed to a constitution designed to prevent another Weimar collapse. But Weimar already had powerful tools to defend democracy, which political institutions often failed to use
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has said she expects a way out of her country’s political crisis “in the coming weeks”, while insisting that Venezuelans inside and outside the country must
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The Special Intensive Revision has exposed deep political divisions over India’s electoral rolls. While opposition parties have attacked the Election Commission over voter deletions, the commission maintains that the exercise is intended
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Friedrich Merz is facing the deepest crisis of his chancellorship after 16 months in office, with his promised programme of economic reforms still largely unrealised and growing dissatisfaction among German voters. The
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Alternative for Germany (AfD) has doubled its representation in three German state parliaments following September elections, bringing a number of new lawmakers whose pasts and public activities have attracted scrutiny. In Saxony-Anhalt,
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