Elections

Lula may offer the strongest alternative to Bolsonaro, yet his policies for Brazil won’t fully address the country’s challenges.

Veteran diplomat Nasser al-Qudwa could prompt a realignment within Palestinian politics.

Conservative Guillermo Lasso will take office as an isolated president with a weak mandate, tasked with restoring faith in the country's institutions.

Western democracies look the other way as a dictatorial ally in the war on terror holds another election marred by violence and intimidation.

A cycle of deadlocked elections has left the country without a functioning administration—and a foreign policy set on autopilot.

Elections in May will be the first since 2006—a remarkable but risky gambit.

This weekend’s vote will deepen the pandemic-ravaged country’s impasse.

With election results deadlocked, an Arab-led party is seen as a possible swing faction.

He appears to have beaten back challengers who include defectors from his own party.

$10 billion for trains, ports, and pipelines was supposed to show off his peacemaking prowess.

In his constant quest for power, Benjamin Netanyahu is abandoning the Israeli right’s legalist traditions.

Ahead of national elections in September, the CDU has to decide where to go from here.

As another Israeli election nears, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s surrogates take a page from Trump’s playbook.

Centrist Yair Lapid refused to join Netanyahu’s coalition last year. Now the decision is paying off.

Fears of another Trump make it even more urgent that allies work with Biden now.