Cornelia Ash
Pashinyan's citizenship baggage won't shift a single seat
The Prime Minister's dual-nationality history is back in headlines—but the arithmetic shows it's a distraction from the real story of the 2026 result.
Lebanon and Israel talk peace — but nobody will say what they're talking about
Direct negotiations between Beirut and Tel Aviv are under way for the first time since 1983, yet the scope and substance of the discussions remain deliberately opaque.
Armenia's voter rolls swell before count — but who added 18,000 names?
The Central Election Commission's quiet revision of the electoral register has triggered a re-count controversy that overshadows Pashinyan's claim of victory.
Pashinyan's hollow majority: why Armenia's election settles nothing
The prime minister won, but lost his constitutional supermajority—and the real battles over courts, Russia, and legitimacy are only beginning.
Peru's right fractured: Fujimori's narrow lead masks a coalition in ruins
Keiko Fujimori limps into a runoff she should have dominated — proof that Peru's right can fracture faster than its left.
Peru's election crisis is the symptom, not the disease
Close results and fraud allegations matter less than the institutional collapse that made them inevitable.