This week's Iraqi parliamentary election will probably be just the start of an extended period of coalition-building, with incumbent Nouri al-Maliki seen to be strongly placed.
Author: Charles Richardson
End of the Arab Spring, part III: Syria
Syria is where the Arab Spring really came to grief, and its example is a powerful deterrent to other anti-government movements.
Election preview: Macedonia
Macedonia's centre-right government looks set for re-election tomorrow, but it may yet pay the price for antagonising the country's large Albanian minority.
End of the Arab Spring, part II: Egypt
Egypt's presidential election looks like a foregone conclusion. It could all have been very different, and therefore so could the Arab Spring.
End of the Arab Spring, part I: Algeria
This disappointed hopes of the Arab Spring were on show in last week's one-sided election in Algeria.
A very multi-party Indonesia
Early Indonesian figures show that it's going to be a very mixed bag of a legislature.
All over in Western Australia
Western Australia's Senate by-election can now be safely called. Both major parties lost ground, but the microparties missed out and the government did as well as it could have hoped.
Election preview: Indonesia
Indonesians vote today for a new parliament, with commentators mostly looking ahead to the presidential election in three months time.
Quebec stays put, for now
Quebec's minority pro-independence government loses an early election, ensuring that the province will stay part of Canada for a while yet.
A walkover in Central America
The populist candidate Luis Guillermo Solís wins Costa Rica's presidency in a landslide, after his opponent threw in the towel a month ago.
The World is Not Enough 