Sotirios Zartaloudis

Reuters/Pascal Rossignol

January 1, 2016

2015: the year in elections

Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London; Afif Pasuni, University of Warwick; Andrew Fagan, University of Essex; Bahar Baser, Coventry University; Catherine Gegout, University of Nottingham; Fernando Casal Bértoa, University of Nottingham; Juan Pablo Ferrero, University of Bath; Louise Thompson, University of Surrey; Marco Aponte-Moreno, UCL; Martin Vinæs Larsen, University of Copenhagen; Neil Pyper, Coventry University; Oliver Walton, University of Bath; Paul Kennedy, University of Bath; Simona Guerra, University of Leicester; Sotirios Zartaloudis, University of Birmingham; Steve Hewitt, University of Birmingham, and Yoav Galai, University of St Andrews

For better or for worse, various countries around the world charted a new course last year. What lies ahead for 2016?

Alexis Tsipras, head of Syriza, returns to power after election victory. Reuters/Michalis Karagiannis

September 21, 2015

Sotirios Zartaloudis, University of Birmingham

Syriza lives to fight another day, but the omens for Greece’s future are as ominous as ever.

It’s lonely at the top. Reuters/AlkisKonstantinidis

August 21, 2015

Sotirios Zartaloudis, University of Birmingham

After 206 turbulent days in power, Alexis Tsipras now presides over a coalition in tatters.

No campaign voters burn an EU flag. EPA/Armando Babani

July 3, 2015

Sotirios Zartaloudis, University of Birmingham

Greeks face a big dilemma in the July 5 referendum. It’s been badly organised, democratically questionable and there’s a great deal at stake.