Geopolitics #46 - 7/1/2024

The week in geopolitics. Our editors' selections from The Cradle, International Crisis Group, Atlantic Council, Halqabsi News, The Dispatch, The Conversation, The Diplomat, Americas Quarterly, others.

🗳 ELECTIONS 🗳

JUNE

🗳 28th: Iran, President

🗳 28th: Mongolia, Parliament

🗳 29th: Mauritania, President

🗳 30th: France, National Assembly (1st round)

🗳 Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote

🗳 Iran: What are the chances of a “reformist” winning the presidency?

🗳 Iran: The Islamic Republic’s Power Centers

🗳 Mongolia: Counting in Parliamentary Election Marked by Efforts to Woo Disillusioned Voters

🗳 Mauritania: Polls close, with the incumbent ally of the West favored to win

🗳 France: Macron’s reckless gamble leaves French voters with invidious choice

🗳 France: Le Pen’s far right set for big win in first round of French election

🗳 France: The French election risks torpedoing the global order

🗳 France: The faux radicalism of the Popular Front

JULY

🗳 4th: United Kingdon, House of Commons

🗳 5th: Iran, President (2nd round)

🗳 7th: France, National Assembly (2nd round)

🗳 15th: Rwanda, President and Chamber of Deputies

🗳 15th: Syria, Parliament

🗳 28th: Venezuela, President

🗳 United Kingdom: Britain awaits a wipeout election

🗳 United Kingdom: Britain’s Postelection Foreign Policy

🗳 United Kingdon: From ‘Sleepy Keir’ to Starmegeddon: the UK general election campaign condensed

🗳 United Kingdom: Starmer to delay recognition of Palestinian state to preserve relationship with US

🗳 Rwanda: The 'Kagame generation': Many young Rwandans support president, but others seek change

🗳 Syria: Voters believe parliamentary elections offer no prospects of change

🗳 Venezuela: Winds of Change? Chavismo Faces Its Greatest Electoral Test

BEYOND

🗳 USA: Could these Democrats beat Donald Trump?

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