The Soufan Center’s Election Outlooks provide timely analysis on a range of elections taking place throughout the world. In the year 2024, more than 50 countries – more than half the world’s population – are due to hold national elections. TSC’s Outlooks provide what you need to know about upcoming elections and the potential security and foreign policy implications for of different outcomes.

COUNTRY-SPECIFIC ELECTIONS:

1. May 24, 2024 – “Sadrist Return Might Upend Iraqi Politics and Regional Orientation” 
2. May 22, 2024 – “Kuwait Faces an Uncertain Future After Legislature is Suspended”
3. May 21, 2024 – “Iranian President’s Death Compounds Regional Turmoil”
4. May 3, 2024 – “The World’s Largest Democracy Goes to the Polls”
5. March 13, 2024 – “Portuguese Elections Demonstrate the Sustained Momentum of Europe’s Far-Right”
6. March 4, 2024 – “Elections Call Iranian Regime’s Support into Question”
7. February 16, 2024 – “Indonesia Elections Show Defense Minister Subianto Poised to Win”
8. February 15, 2024 – “Postponed Elections Trigger Another Wave of Unrest in Senegal”
9. February 12, 2024 – “Political Turmoil Rattles Pakistan’s Elections as Fears of Further Violence Mount”
10. February 2, 2024 – “China Poses Major Hacking Threat to U.S. Critical Infrastructure‘
11. January 18, 2024 – “Taiwanese Elections Could Signal an Uptick in Cross-Strait Tensions with China”
12. January 5, 2024 – “With Presidential Elections Ahead, U.S. Domestic Terrorism a Major Concern”
13. November 7, 2023 – “Palestinian Politics Key to Post-Hamas Gaza”
14. (October 25, 2023) – “Elections Bring Venezuela One Step Closer to Thawing U.S. Relations”
15. October 4, 2023 – “Is Slovakia’s Election a Harbinger of Eroding European Support for Ukraine?”
16. October 3, 2023 – “Pakistan Focuses on Domestic Turmoil and Avoids Geopolitical Conflict”
17. September 26, 2023 – “How Will Europe’s Cost-of-Living Crisis Impact Political Stability?”
18. September 5, 2024 – “Iraq Faces a Myriad of External and Internal Pressures”
19. September 1, 2024 – “How One of the Deadliest Years for Migrants Will Impact European Politics”
20. July 26, 2023 – “Do Spanish Elections Reveal Anything About the Momentum of Europe’s Far-Right?”
21. June 30, 2023 – “The Potential Threat Artificial Intelligence Poses to the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election and Beyond” 
22. June 27, 2023 – “Pakistan’s Deepening Political Crisis Poses Threats to Press Freedom and Political Stability”
23. May 30, 2023 – “Türkiye Election Runoff Leaves Western Concerns Unresolved”
24. May 15, 2023 – “Elections Might Refocus Türkiye’s Policies”
25. April 5, 2023 – “Pakistan’s Political Crisis Compounds Economic Distress”
26. February 17, 2023 – “Peru’s Political Crisis Deepens as Congress Fails to Set New Elections”

BROADER ELECTION TOPICS:

1. April 18, 2024 – “Climate and Energy Policy Hot Topics Amongst Year of Global Elections”
2. May 1, 2024 – “Russian Interference Tactics in European Democratic Processes Ramp Up”
3. January 10, 2024 – “How Will Migration Impact the Electoral Prospects of Europe’s Far-Right?”
4. July 11, 2023 – “Far-Right Populism is Back on the Menu”
5. May 1, 2023 – “Amidst Europe’s Right-Wing Successes, Youth Wing of Far-Right German Party Classified ‘Extremist’”
6. January 10, 2023 – “Far-Right Extremists Threaten Brazil’s Democracy”