Category: Politics

Eclairages

May Day 2023

Opinion

If the leaders should worry about one thing besides looking after their own interests, it is about what legacy they want to be remembered and maybe thanked for

By Sada Reddi

To seek a complete overhaul of the party structure is idealistic and illusory and may constitute a greater obstacle to their democratisation

Perhaps the combination of religious rhetoric and secular laws is a winning electoral strategy

The body choosing Kenya’s election commission is being overhauled – how this could strengthen democracy

Whether we have elections this year or not, the election date is less important than the state of preparedness to wage the electoral battle

Opinion

When the rot sets in, past governments have found it hard to win back the public.

When civil servants and MPs can’t speak up against ministers, they can’t do their jobs properly.

Many of the world’s most powerful and aspiring leaders are aging or elderly men. That’s a big problem.

The so-called New Right is aiming for an ideological renewal of right-wing politics by focusing on cultural identity and the politics of belonging. Here’s why that’s so ominous

A constitutional scholar explains