New from myself and the brilliant Hangwei Li in the Daily Nation.

Thanks, as ever, to the fabulous Mike Owour for his support.

... indeed a broader story about the challenges facing liberal democracy in Europe today.

... much food for thought. We have seen two important elections in the country in the past couple of years with contrasting outcomes. Those two elections can be placed within a wider and deeper story of the fate of democracy in Poland and ...

Why are illiberal governments able to retain support? How are they defeated at election time? And how do (and should) governments driven by a desire to undo illiberalism proceed? For all interested in elections, democracy, accountability and representation Poland provides ...

Written again with the brilliant Jennifer Cyr and Matias Bianchi

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If you are interested in the original, you should be able to get it here:

journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the...

(If not, send me a message and I will get a version to you).

to show how prevalent this has become, and explain what it means.

The paper will hopefully be published soon, and I will share then.

Kenya's future.

Knowing that others will naturally eulogise Raila's achievements, Karuti Kanyinga, Gabrielle Lynch, Justin Willis and I focus instead on his political trajectory, and the way in which Raila's life reflects many of the contradictions of Kenyan politics.

There can be few leaders around the world who never held power whose passing has had such an effect.

RIP Baba

and he was always warm and willing to talk. I am sure that many of us will be reflecting on his legacy in the next few weeks, but today I am just struck by how much his death has meant to so many.

That perhaps explains why his death feels like such a big loss on so many different levels - has has played such a big role in the lives of so many, both in Kenya and beyond

I was lucky enough to meet with Raila on a number of occasions, during moments of both hope & despair,

And Nic Cheeseman lays out some of the problems ahead in this conversation w David Runciman:

open.spotify.com/episode/626r...