The world goes to the polls...
2024 is a bumper chapter in the story book of democracy. In an incredible milestone, over four billion people – equating to over half of the world’s population – across sixty nations will take to the polls.
These elections will involve a wide range of of legislative practices and sizes, from India’s largest multi-day voting process in the world, to North Macedonia’s slightly smaller affair. In the UK, the incumbent Conservative party who have been in power for fourteen years during some seismic shifts in UK society are facing electoral oblivion, potentially for years to come.
Other races are harder to call– in echoes of 2020, Joe Biden will most likely be facing off against the embattled challenger in Donald Trump to secure the role of US President. This result will have enormous geopolitical ramifications including around US membership of intergovernmental organisations like NATO and thus funding for allies in Ukraine and the Middle East.
One thing for sure is that we will be feeling the effects of the 2024 polling cards for generations to come!
Why not hear from some of our world leading experts to shed some light on this monumental year?
Political commentator; Financial Times columnist; and Author of ‘George Osborne: The Austerity Chancellor’
Former Secretary of State in the UK Government; Yale Professor on global politics; and Host of the popular podcast ‘The Rest is Politics’
Political journalist and Author of ‘The Death of Consensus: 100 Years of British Political Nightmares’ which was chosen as The Times Politics Book of the Year in 2022
President of the Republic of Estonia (2016-2021); UN Global Advocate for Every Woman Every Child; and named amongst Forbes ‘World’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2017’
Columnist for the Financial Times; Chairman of Rockefeller Capital Management; and established Author of books including ‘The 10 Rules of Successful Nations’
British Ambassador to the United States (2016-2019) and Author of ‘Collateral Damage: Britain, America and Europe in the Age of Trump’
Geopolitical strategist; Director of Communications and Strategy for Tony Blair’s Government; and Author of eighteen politically-focused books
Former Minister for Science, Innovation and Higher Education; Board Director of Goldman Sachs International; and Host of the podcast ‘The Geopolitics of Business’
Technology entrepreneur; Special Assistant to George W. Bush (2000-2002); and Author of ‘Signals: How Everyday Signs Can Help Us Navigate the World’s Turbulent Economy’
Prime Minister of Italy (2011-2015); Former Member of the European Commission; and President of Bocconi University in Milan
Appointed as Communications Director under Donald Trump before being fired ten days later; and Founder of investment company SkyBridge Capital
Data-driven journalist; Author; and the Editorial Director of Data Analytics at ABC News
Leading geopolitical strategist and advisor to the C-Suite on the intersection of politics, business environment and social change
Foreign policy expert; President Trump’s Deputy National Security Advisor; and Former National Security Analyst for Fox News