The Year of Elections

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.

C.P. Chandrasekhar, et al. urge the country’s new government to eschew austerity and reject the debt-restructuring deal with bondholders.

Taniguchi Tomohiko highlights three key weaknesses that bode ill for Japan’s new government.

Joschka Fischer considers the implications of the French and German far right winning support at centrist parties' expense.

Takatoshi Ito explores the views and policies of the main contenders to become the country’s next prime minister.