The Year of Elections

Jan-Werner Mueller considers what drives some politicians to reverse their political allegiances.

Salome Samadashvili urges Western leaders to take steps to halt the country’s slide into authoritarianism.

Takatoshi Ito considers the political and economic implications of the ruling bloc’s loss of its parliamentary majority.

Slavoj Žižek applauds French President Emmanuel Macron’s maneuvering to keep the far right at bay.

Shashi Tharoor argues that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposal to hold all elections on the same day is a non-starter.

Guillermo Ortiz asks whether Mexico’s new president will govern as a pragmatist or embrace her predecessor’s populism.

Jorge G. Castañeda explains why the sham Venezuelan presidential election has not triggered a repeat of the 1958 military coup.

Enrique Krauze reflects on the harmful tenure of the outgoing president, who weakened the economy and eroded its institutions.

Maciej Kisilowski rejects the notion that a plurality should confer a mandate to govern in a multiparty parliamentary system.