Election preview: Russia

Russia's presidential election, or "election", doesn't require much analysis, but it still raises some interesting issues.

Election preview: South Australia

South Australians go to the polls, with little reason to think that the electoral system will reflect their wishes.

Will Italy's rival populists get together? Or does that idea rest on a misunderstanding?

Attempts to square the Brexit circle remain unsuccessful. But do the Tory Brexiters really care?

The Italian results might look complicated, but they really boil down to just two options.

As Italian results come in, Silvio Berlusconi fades to irrelevance and the Five Star Movement faces a momentous choice.

Germany can finally get a new government after the Social Democrats vote resoundingly in favor of a coalition with the centre-right.

The centre-left's predicament in Italy probably looks worse than it is. But in the circumstances that's not much consolation.

A Liberal government with a reduced majority looks the most likely outcome from Saturday's state election.

A refractory populist bloc and an octogenarian kingmaker pose big problems for forming government in Italy.