Amin Saikal is professor of political science, public policy fellow and director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University in Canberra. His 2019 book...

In seven phases from April 11 until May 19, 2019 some 900 million Indian voters had the chance to elect their 543 Lower House...

Currently, in seven phases from April 11 until May 19, 2019 some 900 million Indians are eligible to vote in the parliamentary...

A national exit poll shows that the comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won the presidential election in Ukraine. In the second...

On April 9 some 6.34 million voters were asked to cast their vote in the 2019 Israeli legislative election. Voter turnout reached 67.9% (in 2015: 71.8%). With roughly 97% of the votes...

Surprise, surprise. The Turkish opposition is alive. If President Erdogan should really lose the capital Ankara AND his hometurf city of Istanbul, it could signal the beginning of his...

The history of The Connaught begins in 1815: Napoleon was definitively defeated and George III was King (1760-1820) of the ever more powerful British Empire. My first stay at the London...

Just a few minutes ago, the House of Commons rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal agreement, negotiated...

The hard Brexiters aka Brexiteers suddenly look weak. Leading Leave supporters such as Boris Johnson changed their view regarding PM Theresa May’s deal and regard it now as the...

Today, March 27, 2019 the House of Commons had the chance to agree on a way forward regarding the Brexit mess. The MPs voted down...

The government was defeated by 329 votes to 302 on a cross-party amendment. MPs are now trying find a majority for a Brexit...

Common sense should tell Theresa May to make the best, reasonable choice: revoke Article 50. In December 2018, the European Court...

What does a UK politician have to focus on first? To act in the best interest of the country’s citizens. Currently, Remain...

[Update added on March 18, 2019 at 02:54 Ukrainian time: Sunday in Haifa, Benny Gantz indeed called for a state commission of...

Added at 18:24 Berlin time: Independent Group MP Sarah Wollaston’s amendment, which called for an extension of Article 50...

Despite two House of Commons votes today, a no-deal aka hard Brexit is not off the table. The House of Commons first passed a no...

After Prime Mister Theresa May’s Deal was voted down once again by parliament on March 12, the leader of the opposition,...

[Update at 21:38 Ukrainian time: May’s Deal has been rejected once again, this time with 391 to 242 votes]. Theresa...

Israel’s Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev (*1965) has been described as a cultural warrior, Trump in high heels,...

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has moved Israel to the far-right. Another proof of this fact: his feud with the...