China's communists don't really have to worry about a rival political party, but there's an interesting moral in the reports about what a hard-line Maoist faction is up to.
Author: Charles Richardson
Maldives: yet another interrupted election
The continuing saga of the attempts to elect a new president in the Maldives.
And all shall have passports
Hungarian citizenship has become easier to get. That's a good thing for aspirational Serbs and Ukrainians, but not all of Hungary's neighbors will see it the same way.
Thais battle over amnesty
Thailand's prime minister has been trying to get an amnesty approved for political offenders, principally her brother, but it's backfired rather badly.
Virginia almost live
Virginia election results are very much as expected, as long as you know what you're looking for.
Can’t white people be terrorists?
Another look at the double standard on attributions of "terrorism", illustrated by last week's shooting at Los Angeles airport.
Why does a country want discontented citizens?
Local elections in Kosovo have demonstrated what should have been obvious already: that the Serbs of the country's north are not going to settle for anything less than being allowed to rejoin Serbia.
Election preview: New Jersey and New York
Expect two landslide victories this week in New Jersey and New York City: one for a moderate Republican and one for a left-wing Democrat.
Election preview: Virginia
Virginia goes to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new governor, in a vote that more than usual seems to have national implications, especially for America's Republican Party.
Searching for libertarians
A new American study has interesting things to say about libertarians and libertarianism.
The World is Not Enough 