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Who are the real executioners of Mexican journalists?
While President Felipe Calderon emphasized on Friday on the value of democracy, in the framework of the Iberoamerican summit that is underway in Argentina,... While President Felipe Calderon...
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Sata wins, changes for China
For Beijing, resource security comes first. The election of Sata will demonstrate to Chinese policy makers that regulating the small players matters. Long-time opposition leader Michael Sata, was...
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The road not taken
Israel is now quickly becoming the fastest former " democracy in the Middle East”. Like many American Jews in the last decade, I first travelled to Israel through the Birthright (Taglit) programme. In...
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Putin’s “most dangerous rival”
The Russian Prime Minister has finally found an opponent worthy of putting up a true fight. The Russian Prime Minister has finally found an opponent worthy of putting up a true fight. In a series of...
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Welcome to Russian Presidential Election Chronicles
On 4th March, Russians will be heading to the polls to elect a new President. Here's why we decided to live-blog the presidential campaign and the elections in real time. On 4th March, Russians will...
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French presidential elections: drawing a blank
Having now just about recovered from the excitement of covering the French elections, I would like to point out that France’s new president, François Hollande, did not actually win as many votes as it...
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French MPs: is there a deontologist in the house?
The past couple of weeks have seen some rather strange goings-on in France's National Assembly, or lower house of parliament. This comes despite the fact that the Socialists only took power a few...
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Coup or whatchamacallit, Egypt is not Algeria, Pakistan, or any ‘stan
The “deep divisions” between secular and Islamist Egyptians are now being superseded by the yawning gap between the “it’s coup” and “it’s not a coup” camps. That’s all a matter of semantics. But one...
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Japan, India, and Democratic Cooperation in Asia
There was a time, not that long ago, when the question of whether “Asian values” — whatever they meant — were compatible with democracy was being hotly debated. BOSTON—There was a time, not that long...
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