Category: POLITICS
Posted on January 21, 2023
Jacinda Ardern: the ‘politics of kindness’ is a lasting legacy
What is her legacy? This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Jacinda Ardern became prime minister of New Zealand in 2017, the same year Donald Trump took power …
Posted on January 13, 2023
What now for Brazil? President Lula strengthened, but Bolsonaro supporters won’t go quietly
What now for Lula’s presidency? What now for Bolsonaro supporters? On Sunday January 8, radical supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded and vandalised buildings that house Brazil’s congress, supreme court and presidential palace. Since then, over …
Posted on December 31, 2022
5 elections to watch in 2023 – what’s at stake as millions head to the ballot box around the globe
Nigeria (Feb. 25) Turkey (June 18) Zimbabwe (likely July-August) Argentina (October 29) Pakistan (by end of 2023) Predicting the outcome of national elections can be a mug’s game. Polls are often wrong, and second-guessing how people will vote …
Posted on November 26, 2022
Labor easily wins Victorian election; Greens on track to win four lower house seats
Update Sunday morning: Likely no independents and at most five Greens Upper house looks good for the left, but there’s a long way to go With 53% counted in the lower house for the Victorian election, the ABC …
Posted on November 14, 2022
Politics urgently needs more imagination. Competence alone will not save us from this ‘polycrisis’
A deficit of options ‘Shrinking the future’ Widening the possibility space How crisis can accelerate change Conditions for more imaginative policymaking Labour’s challenge of imagination The recent turmoil in British politics has led much of the political establishment …
Posted on November 8, 2022
2022 midterm elections live updates: Final campaign pushes
Top Senate races to watch Iowa Poll: Voters prefer GOP candidates in House races Biden, Trump, Obama try to boost Fetterman, Oz How to vote and what’s on the ballot Claims of a hacked or stolen election worry …
Posted on September 20, 2022
Geopolitical risk, inflation create uncertainty for US LNG developers
Interest still robust despite hurdles Geopolitical risk, inflation and banks’ focus on environmental criteria are creating headwinds to developing more natural gas liquefaction capacity at LNG terminals in the US, although commercial support for new gas export …