Opposition International has started an awareness campaign of the right of the Opposition to challenge election results in court. Incumbent governments and electoral bureaucracies prefer to shunt disputes into conflict…

The Turkish Election for President has started to attract global attention because of the possibility that the Opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu might defeat the President Erdoğan. See our earlier blog.…

democracyparadox.com/2023/04/04/larry-bartels-says-democracy-erodes-from-the-top/

Professor Jonathan Malloy, the holder of the Bell Chair in Democracy at Carleton University, has released the first general academic study of Canada’s Parliament. The Paradox of Parliament provides a…

What countries allow foreign contributions to political parties? Opposition International has begun to examine the issue of the right of opposition parties to receive diaspora donations. Contributions from citizens and…

The U.S. agency, the Institute for Electoral Systems (IFES), released last December a report, Guardrails for Democracy: A Guide to Strengthening Independent Institutions. Written by staff members, Erica Shein, Katherina…

Outside of the usual scope of Opposition International but an issue for diaspora politics which will see the internationalization of homeland government-opposition dynamics www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001k0mr

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Turkey faces significant Presidential and Legislative elections on May 14, 2023. For not the first time, the election hinges on the electorate’s view of President Erdogan. In office for twenty…

Democracy may have flaws in Thailand. Local interest in politics is not one of them. Thanks to #Saksith Saiyasombut for data collection.