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Hungary’s Orbán concedes election defeat
Quick Take

Hungary’s Orbán concedes election defeat

After 16 years in power, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán has been decisively voted out, losing in a landslide to challenger Péter Magyar. But this wasn’t a shift to the left. In Quick Take, Ian Bremmer breaks down what Orbán’s defeat means for Hungary, Europe, and global politics.

​Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema reacts during the announcement of provisional results of the 2025 Gabonese presidential election by the Ministry of the Interior, at the headquaters of the Rassemblement des Batisseurs (RdB), in Libreville, Gabon, April 13, 2025.
Hard Numbers

Gabon suspends social media, Bulgaria to hold yet another election, Japan puts some money on the table, Philippine vice president declares presidential run

2.5 million: The population of Gabon who can no longer get onto certain social media platforms, like YouTube and TikTok, after the government suspended access on Tuesday.

​February 11, 2026, Dhaka, Bangladesh: February 11, 2026 Dhaka, Bangladesh: Ansar and VDP memberrs carried ballot boxes in Dhaka, They were preparing for the polling stations on then eve of day before Bangladesh's national election.
Analysis

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Graphic Truth: Costa Rica’s severe murder rate
Graphic Truth

Graphic Truth: Costa Rica’s severe murder rate

Costa Rica presidential candidate Laura Fernandez in Heredia, Costa Rica, January 29, 2026.​
Analysis

Costa Rica’s crime-time election

In yet another Latin American election shaped by concerns about security and violence, Costa Ricans will vote for president this Sunday.

​Supporters of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, leader of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, attend his final rally ahead of the general election in Kampala, Uganda, January 13, 2026.
Analysis

Uganda’s “new breed” of leadership gets old

Ugandans go to the polls tomorrow in an election where President Yoweri Museveni is widely expected to be reelected, as authorities crack down on political dissent.

Members of security forces stand guard outside a polliong station, a week late in a special election, after the local governing party kept voting closed on election day, amid accusations of sabotage and fraud, in a presidential race still too close to call as counting continues, in San Antonio de Flores, Honduras, December 7, 2025.
Analysis

Honduras awaits election results, but will they be believed?

More than a week after Hondurans cast their ballots in a presidential election, the country is still stuck in a potentially-dangerous post-election fog.

Former president Jair Messias Bolsonaro is inaugurating Route 22 in eight cities in Rio Grande do Norte, starting with the cities of Extremoz, Natal, Parnamirim, and Mossoro, in Natal, Brazil, on August 16, 2024.
Analysis

Brazil’s ex-President Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for coup plot

Graphic Truth: Japan’s ruling coalition loses majority
Graphic Truth

Graphic Truth: Japan’s ruling coalition loses majority

Japan’s ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in Sunday’s election, further weakening Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba amid growing domestic pressure and international challenges.

A voter casting a ballot in front of the Philippines flag.
Viewpoint

Philippine midterms are next episode in Marcos-Duterte drama