Europe’s longest serving leader stepped down on July 19, when President Murtaza Rakhimov of the republic of Bashkortostan in the Urals region of Russia was replaced after 20 years in office. Rakhimov, 76, had long been rumoured to be on his way out, and when the moment finally came, it appears that he had to [Read more...]
Moldova is in the midst of yet another political crisis. By this, I actually mean that the country has entered a new phase of a pre-existing crisis – a crisis that yields valuable lessons on the broader significance of political institutions to a country’s risk profile. Fortunately, this new scene in the ongoing drama has [Read more...]
Barack Obama’s resounding victory over John McCain begs the question, what next for the US Republican party? Can they rebuild themselves in time to recapture the White House in 2012 (or Congress in the 2010 mid-term elections)? What will they have to do? Who will spearhead them next time round?
A key problem for the Republicans [Read more...]
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