With only days to spare, Britain and the EU finalise a trade agreement
Author: Charles Richardson
Pre-Christmas election roundup
A final set of election updates for the year, with news from Ghana, Romania, Israel and Kashmir.
Back on the freedom train
Time for another look at the data on personal and economic freedom, and what it might say about the relationship between the two.
Death of a National
One of the enigmatic greats of Australian politics passes from the scene.
The neverending Brexit saga
Yet another deadline has been missed, but trade talks between Britain and the EU are still going. Boris Johnson has inherited his predecessor's basic problem.
An electoral college recap
As the electoral college sets the seal on the US election result, it's important to lay to rest some myths and set out what the college actually does.
Optional preferences, yet again
The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters produces a wish list for electoral change, in which politics trumps principle for good or for ill.
Trouble on the Dutch far right
A Dutch far-right party implodes after its membership chooses extremism over mainstream presentibility.
Surprises in Romania
A right-wing nationalist party unexpectedly wins seats in the Romanian parliament, but the new government will still enjoy a healthy majority.
America set in its ways
Final results (more or less) from the US presidential election reveal a country deeply divided and extraordinarily stable in its allegiances.
