By Joshua Kurlantzick
Elections and Voting
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![<p>Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician and the prime ministerial candidate for Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), greets his supporters as he celebrates after winning the election in Damak, Nepal, on March 7, 2026.</p>]()
![<p>Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) questions Secretary of State Marco Rubio on U.S. policy toward Venezuela during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, January 28, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman gestures to crowd during an election campaign rally.]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Bhumjaithai Party leader and prime ministerial candidate, gestures following a press conference at the party headquarters on the day of the general election in Bangkok, Thailand, on February 8, 2026.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![Japan's LDP to make decision on coalition with Japan Innovation Party]()
By Sheila A. Smith and Chris Baylor![Japan's Centrist Reform Alliance]()
By Sheila A. Smith and Chris Baylor![<p>The sun sets over the U.S. Capitol, January 30, 2026.<em> REUTERS/Kylie Cooper</em></p>]()
By James M. Lindsay- Backgrounder
What Does the U.S. National Guard Do?
![<p>A member of the National Guard patrols the southern U.S. border in Eagle Pass, Texas.</p>]()
![Sanseito party's campaign rally in Tokyo]()
By Sheila A. Smith and Chris Baylor![<p>Ugandan presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine), of the National Unity Platform party, flanked by his wife Barbara Kyagulanyi, are escorted by police and supporters as they arrive to cast their votes in the general election, within the Magere neighborhood of the Kasangati district in Kampala, Uganda, on January 15, 2026.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>People queue to cast their votes at a polling station during Myanmar’s general election in Naypyidaw, Myanmar on December 28, 2025.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick and Annabel Richter![<p>Ugandan Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, of the National Unity Platform party, addresses his supporters during a campaign rally ahead of the general elections in Kampala, Uganda on December 15, 2025. </p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul looks on as he announces the dissolution of parliament at the Government House, in Bangkok, December 12, 2025.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing attends a meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on September 25, 2025.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, May 29, 2025. </p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>A Tanzanian riot police officer walks past a vandalized campaign poster of President Samia Suluhu Hassan at the Namanga One-Post Border crossing point between Kenya and Tanzania on October 30, 2025.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>A woman casts her vote on the day of Cameroon’s presidential election at a polling station in Garoua, Cameroon on October 12, 2025.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a press conference at the prime minister’s office</p>]()
By Sheila A. Smith![<p>Moldovan President Maia Sandu votes at a polling station during the country’s parliamentary elections in Chisinau, Moldova September 28, 2025. </p>]()
By Linda Robinson![<p>Kobayashi Takayuki, Motegi Toshimitsu, Hayashi Yoshimasa, Takaichi Sanae and Koizumi Shinjiro pose after delivering speeches at the kick-off of the campaign for the LDP presidential election </p>]()
By Sheila A. Smith- Backgrounder
Africa’s ‘Leaders for Life’
![<p>A worker throws away campaign posters of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.</p>]()
