By Isaac Tunley Although the U.S. presidential primary season is over a year away, media speculation has intensified over who will run for and win the Democratic nomination. Presidential hopefuls such as Gavin Newsom and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are already battling for media attention, funding from political action committees and donors, and momentum in name recognition and polling. However, Presidential hopefuls ought to be aware of the sole man who could make or break thei

By: Adrian Khodavardar For a party that has spent the past two years presenting itself as the credible alternative to Britain's established political order, Reform UK's latest internal dispute is more than an embarrassment. It raises questions about whether the party can maintain a coherent message as it grows. Last week, two of Reform's most senior figures publicly contradicted one another over one of the party's defining policies. Speaking on Sky News, Robert Jenrick, the f

By: Vaanya Kalra India's democracy has long confounded expectations. In 1952, when the newly independent republic conducted its first general election under universal adult franchise, many doubted that a largely poor and illiterate population could sustain democratic governance. Yet over the next seven decades, India repeatedly demonstrated the resilience of its political system. It survived wars with Pakistan and China, separatist insurgencies, economic crises, and even the