Elections

Pedro Castillo, who takes office this month, will likely face a renewed governability crisis as president.

Thirty years after unification—and two months before a national election—German politics are still divided in two.

When it comes to equality at the ballot box, the United States has become a global outlier.

Mahmoud Abbas’s unelected and illegitimate government is becoming increasingly violent, but Washington’s largesse is keeping it in power.

Hard-liners would never accept an agreement signed by a moderate—but they’ll fall into line if it comes from one of their own.

After an engineered election, Iran’s new president may have little choice but to govern cooperatively.

Iran’s next president is a conservative obsessed with power—but less of a zealot than he seems.

A town in the south of France offers clues to what may be in store for the rest of the country.

The National Rally could win a key regional election—and a chance at mainstream success.

What a new president will mean for Tehran, Washington, and the world.

Most meet unhappy endings. Here’s why Ebrahim Raisi might avoid a similar fate.

The “change government” of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid promises little real change—other than an end to Netanyahu.

The French president has charted a new kind of centrism in Europe.

A slate of weak parties has brought a little-known political organizer to the brink of the presidency.

Mexico’s president has ramped up attacks on civil society groups.