Erin Cook

The form guide to the 27 November elections with a cascade of candidates vying for key jobs.

While the incoming leader wants to focus on the future, the clues to his likely approach all lie in the past.

The 71-year-old former general has a hard man image but has deployed a different tack in his third try for the presidency.

Indonesia’s finance minister has built a brand for cracking down on corruption. Could she campaign all the way to the top?

Thailand’s holiday island Phuket is trialling vaccine tourism in a bid to recover from the Covid-19 wave.

Amid a changed political landscape – and a pandemic – Rizieq Shihab’s return from Saudi Arabia raises much speculation.

Rodrigo Duterte and his backers appears to be exploiting the public health crisis to wedge opponents at home.

Despite promising new policies, the city’s new leader faces the same problems as the last, and few options.

In a fractuous political climate, video manipulation threatens to play havoc with democracy.