Elections

Elections

Atlantic Council experts are analyzing political dynamics around the globe and their ramifications for security, economics, democracy, and more.

Melcangi quoted in The New York Times on challenges Libya faces heading into December elections

New Atlanticist May 7, 2025

What will Labor’s landslide mean for Australia’s foreign policy?

By Peter J. Dean

While Australian voters clearly rejected the Trump administration, both the country’s leaders and electorate still support close US ties.
Australia Elections
Melcangi quoted in The New York Times on challenges Libya faces heading into December elections

New Atlanticist May 6, 2025

Is Merz’s double-take chancellor vote a sign of things to come in Germany?

By Jörn Fleck and Jurek Wille

It took two rounds of voting in the Bundestag to elect Friedrich Merz chancellor, a sign of division unprecedented in modern German history.
Defense Policy Elections
Melcangi quoted in The New York Times on challenges Libya faces heading into December elections

New Atlanticist May 1, 2025

Foreign policy was a hot topic in Canada’s election. Now it’s on Carney to make it last.

By Imran Bayoumi, Maite Latorre Yerou

The campaign is over. Now, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney faces several important choices, from how to increase defense spending to what a new relationship with the United States should look like.
Elections Politics & Diplomacy

Transatlantic Horizons

Charting an ambitious agenda for the United States and Europe for 2025 and beyond.

Melcangi quoted in The New York Times on challenges Libya faces heading into December elections

Inflection Points Today Feb 24, 2025

History’s clock is ticking (again) in Germany

Likely incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s election-night mention of the need for “independence” from Washington signals the stakes of this moment for Germany and Europe.

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Melcangi quoted in The New York Times on challenges Libya faces heading into December elections

New Atlanticist Feb 4, 2025

The next German chancellor must lead from the front, not the middle, on European security

By Rachel Rizzo, James Batchik

From support for Ukraine to defense spending, German leaders would be wise to take the phrase Führung aus der Mitte permanently out of their vocabulary.
Elections Germany
Melcangi quoted in The New York Times on challenges Libya faces heading into December elections

New Atlanticist Feb 19, 2025

Germany’s economy has gone from engine to anchor. Here’s what the next chancellor faces.

By Piotr Arak

Revitalizing growth in Germany’s economy, which appears increasingly mired in stagnation, will demand urgent action from the next chancellor.
Economy & Business Elections

Content

In the News

Oct 22, 2021

Melcangi quoted in The New York Times on challenges Libya faces heading into December elections

By Atlantic Council

Corruption Democratic Transitions

In the News

Oct 21, 2021

Badi quoted in The Arab Weekly on Libya’s upcoming election

By Atlantic Council

Democratic Transitions Elections

In the News

Oct 21, 2021

Dagres and Nia mentioned in Politico on Atlantic Council’s Bloody Fatwa: Iran’s new president and the 1988 prison massacre event

By Atlantic Council

Corruption Elections

In the News

Oct 16, 2021

Khoury quoted in The New York Times on the Iraqi elections

By Atlantic Council

Democratic Transitions Elections

New Atlanticist

Oct 14, 2021

Is liberalism ending its losing streak in Central Europe?

By Petr Tůma

The Czech opposition's victory could inspire other democratic forces across the region.

Central Europe Civil Society

In the News

Oct 10, 2021

Kadhim quoted in Aljazeera on Iraq’s parliamentary elections

By Atlantic Council

Elections Iraq

UkraineAlert

Oct 5, 2021

Saakashvili arrest overshadows Georgian ruling party’s election win

By Peter Dickinson

Georgia’s ruling party Georgian Dream secured victory in October 2 local elections but the imprisonment of returning ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili leaves little realistic chance of an end to political tensions.

Elections The Caucasus

AC Selects

Oct 3, 2021

AC Selects: German elections and peace in Afghanistan

Week of October 3, 2021 In this week’s episode, hear from Georgina Wright, Head of Europe Program, Institut Montaigne, Young-kwan Yoon, Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University, and Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, Vice Chair, Scowcroft Center for Strategy & Security, Atlantic Council on Peace in Afghanistan and the German Elections. Related events

Elections Human Rights

Britain Debrief

Oct 1, 2021

#BritainDebrief – Can anti-kleptocracy win in London? A debrief from Edward Lucas

By Ben Judah

In this #BritainDebrief, CEPA nonresident senior fellow Edward Lucas discusses kleptocracy inside the UK and what can be done to halt its advance.

Corruption Elections

In the News

Oct 1, 2021

Starr in Foreign Policy: Georgia holds fraught elections amid a COVID-19 disaster

By Atlantic Council

Elections Political Reform
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Experts

Staff

Nika Aleksejeva

Resident Fellow, Baltics

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Belarus Disinformation

Fellow

Lukas Andriukaitis

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe

Fellow

Henrique Arevalo Poincot

Visiting Fellow

Freedom and Prosperity Center

Elections Latin America

Staff

Nitansha Bansal

Associate Director

Cyber Statecraft Initiative

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity
Graham Brookie

Staff

Graham Brookie

Vice President - Atlantic Council Technology Programs

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation National Security

Staff

Eto Buziashvili

Research Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe
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Events

Public Event Wed, May 20, 2026 • 12:15 pm ET

Senator Bernie Moreno on Colombia’s 2026 elections
Americas Colombia Elections Latin America
Public Event Tue, May 26, 2026 • 9:30 am ET

Security challenges and paths to stability in the Sahel
Democratic Transitions Economy & Business Elections Extremism