The United States is transfixed by the question of whether religious people should be protected in their refusal to provide services to same-sex couples.
Author: Charles Richardson
What is Plan B for Putin?
Revolution in Kiev has been a major defeat for Russia's president. What might he be able to salvage from the wreckage?
Mr Renzi takes over in Italy
Matteo Renzi gets the top job, but not much else has changed in Italian politics. He's going to have his work cut out.
Telling the Scots what to do is a risky strategy
Scottish independence this year still looks like a long shot, but some of its opponents probably aren't helping their own cause.
America not as religious as you think
Evidence on the decline of religious affiliation in the United States suggests that it is finally starting to catch up with other western democracies – with evident political implications.
Protests in a divided Bosnia
Recent protests in Bosnia & Herzegovina could be a sign of that country overcoming its ethnic divisions. Or they might not.
Western Australians get to do it all again
An interesting train of reasoning by the court of disputed returns leads to the conclusion everyone expected: a fresh half-Senate election in Western Australia.
Bangkok and Kiev revisited
The anti-government protests in Thailand and Ukraine continue to throw up interesting similarities while also revealing their underlying differences.
Drug war absurdity: Australian edition
A government backbencher gives a backhanded endorsement of marijuana legalisation, giving Labor the cue to go out of its way to endorse prohibition.
Prisoners and American democracy
The US attorney-general makes an eloquent call for the winding back of laws that deprive millions of Americans of their voting rights.
The World is Not Enough 