The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted almost all aspects of life, and elections have been no exception. Across the world, elections in 2020 were conducted under the shadow of the pandemic, providing a stress test not …

Three weeks after a divisive US election and multiple challenges of the results by President Donald Trump, the official transition to President-elect Joe Biden was finally allowed to begin. Biden’s first cabinet choices (all familiar, …

Early results indicate another massive victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party in Myanmar’s 8 November general election. Ninety-one political parties fielded candidates, but the elections were again essentially a …

The people of Myanmar will go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new government. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, it was a near certainty that the current administration, led by State Counsellor Aung San …

Myanmar’s citizens will brave Covid-19 concerns to go to the polls on 8 November. In a survey conducted last month, a third of respondents identified Covid-19 or health issues as a concern or barrier to …