Upcoming ElectionsTurkey Local – March 31, 2019Amberin Zaman in Al-Monitor: “Turkish ruling party sets up mobile food stalls to lure votes” Henry J. Barkey, “The Kurdish Awakening,” in Foreign Affairs: “[In] Turkey, although representatives of the left-wing, Kurdish-dominated… Read More
Upcoming ElectionsOn deck: Egypt local (planned for the first half of 2019 – delays possible); Turkey local (March 31); Israel snap parliamentary (April 9); Algeria presidential (April 18); Qatar municipal (May – councils are advisory only with no actual… Read More
Upcoming ElectionsOn deck: Egypt local (planned for the first half of 2019 – delays possible); Libya (various – international community wants them to happen in 2019); Turkey local (March 31); Israel snap parliamentary (April 9); Algeria presidential (April 14);… Read More
Upcoming ElectionsTurkey Local – March 31, 2019Campaigning continues in Turkey’s local elections. Kurdistan24 reports that eight Kurdish political parties and movements across the ideological spectrum, from left-wing to center-right, have united to contest polls in 100 cities and… Read More
Upcoming ElectionsTurkey Local – March 31, 2019Hurriyet Daily News reports: The countdown for Turkey’s local polls – set to be held on March 31 – kicked off on Jan. 1, according to an electoral calendar released by the Supreme Election Council.” The Daily Sabah… Read More
Upcoming Elections Israel Snap Parliamentary – April 9, 2018 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition has announced plans to dissolve the Knesset and hold snap elections on April 9, 2019. This is no surprise. The coalition has a razor-thin… Read More
Upcoming ElectionsBangladesh Parliamentary – December 30, 2018The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) canceled its election observation mission because Bangladesh did not grant visas to enough of its observers in time. The United States was disappointed. Facebook has… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand
Upcoming Elections in the NewsIndia State Elections – December 11, 2018Kartikeya Singh of the Center for Strategic and International Studies analyzes the implications of this month’s elections elections in five states, where 16 percent of India’s population, or… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Mongolia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand
Upcoming Elections in the News December 7, 2018 – Rajasthan (India) State ElectionsBloomberg reports: “Key Indian states are voting in polls that may be a preview of next year’s national election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi trumpeting populist… Read More
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Middle East This Week – May 27, 2019
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Category: This Week Tags: Afghanistan, Algeria, Israel, Tunisia, Turkey
Middle East
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Upcoming ElectionsTurkey Local – March 31, 2019Amberin Zaman in Al-Monitor: “Turkish ruling party sets up mobile food stalls to lure votes” Henry J. Barkey, “The Kurdish Awakening,” in Foreign Affairs: “[In] Turkey, although representatives of the left-wing, Kurdish-dominated… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Turkey
Middle East This Week – January 29, 2019
Last Updated: February 6, 2019 by 21votes Leave a Comment
Upcoming ElectionsOn deck: Egypt local (planned for the first half of 2019 – delays possible); Turkey local (March 31); Israel snap parliamentary (April 9); Algeria presidential (April 18); Qatar municipal (May – councils are advisory only with no actual… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Israel, Libya, Palestinian Authority, Tunisia, Turkey
Middle East This Week – January 14, 2019
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Upcoming ElectionsOn deck: Egypt local (planned for the first half of 2019 – delays possible); Libya (various – international community wants them to happen in 2019); Turkey local (March 31); Israel snap parliamentary (April 9); Algeria presidential (April 14);… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Afghanistan, Israel, Libya, Palestinian Authority, Tunisia, Turkey
Middle East This Week – January 8, 2019
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Upcoming ElectionsTurkey Local – March 31, 2019Campaigning continues in Turkey’s local elections. Kurdistan24 reports that eight Kurdish political parties and movements across the ideological spectrum, from left-wing to center-right, have united to contest polls in 100 cities and… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Afghanistan, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Oman, Tunisia, Turkey
Middle East This Week – January 1, 2019
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Upcoming ElectionsTurkey Local – March 31, 2019Hurriyet Daily News reports: The countdown for Turkey’s local polls – set to be held on March 31 – kicked off on Jan. 1, according to an electoral calendar released by the Supreme Election Council.” The Daily Sabah… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Gaza, Israel, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Tunisia, Turkey, West Bank
Middle East This Week – December 25, 2018
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Upcoming Elections Israel Snap Parliamentary – April 9, 2018 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition has announced plans to dissolve the Knesset and hold snap elections on April 9, 2019. This is no surprise. The coalition has a razor-thin… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Afghanistan, Algeria, Gaza, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Palestinian Authority, West Bank
Asia
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Upcoming ElectionsBangladesh Parliamentary – December 30, 2018The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) canceled its election observation mission because Bangladesh did not grant visas to enough of its observers in time. The United States was disappointed. Facebook has… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand
Asia – December 7, 2018
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Upcoming Elections in the NewsIndia State Elections – December 11, 2018Kartikeya Singh of the Center for Strategic and International Studies analyzes the implications of this month’s elections elections in five states, where 16 percent of India’s population, or… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Mongolia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand
Asia This Week – December 1, 2018
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Upcoming Elections in the News December 7, 2018 – Rajasthan (India) State ElectionsBloomberg reports: “Key Indian states are voting in polls that may be a preview of next year’s national election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi trumpeting populist… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand