Tag "opposition"
Benin’s Democracy: What has happened to it?
The aftermath of April’s legislative elections in Benin laid bare the public’s displeasure with President Patrice Talon’s administration.
A Balkan ‘Spring’ or Protests Doomed to Fail?
Since late 2018, the main opposition parties in Albania, Montenegro and Serbia have been boycotting their respective parliaments. Public protests have supported this, initiating a Balkan ‘spring’. Will the protests succeed or fail?
Belarus’ latest elections: A potential for further opening
While the election of two opposition MPs does not change Belarus’ power balance, it does show signs of a thaw towards the opposition and the EU.
North Korea’s nuclear ambitions trigger debate over Japan’s constitution
After the recent North Korean missile test, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has once again called for a discussion concerning the revision of the peace clause of the Constitution that has
Burundi coup shows Africa’s democratic challenges
After a failed coup in Burundi by Major General Godefroid Niyombare, President Nkurunziza returned to the country and secured his power. The crisis should be seen as just one of