A year out from France's presidential election, Emmanuel Macron's strongest card is once again the disunity of his opponents, and especially the fact that the far right is at the head of the pack.
Author: Charles Richardson
Election preview: Tasmania
Tasmania's Liberal government is seeking a third term in office, and looks like benefiting from the indulgence that voters are giving to incumbents in time of crisis.
Incumbents back in Albania
A mostly status-quo election in Albania, and the country's corrupt leader wins re-election, but things could be a lot worse.
New numbers for America
New census figures for the United States are good news for the Republican Party, but not as much so as they might have expected.
Germany five months out
Germany's two leading parties have both announced their standard-bearers for September's election. Will they end up governing together for the first time?
Election preview: Albania
Another Balkan election on Sunday, with Albania's two-term government facing an uncertain fate.
April results roundup
This month our regular electoral roundup brings news from Greenland, Samoa, Georgia and Western Australia.
Dealing with Putin
Russia's president no longer has a friend in the White House, but his strategic aims, such as they are, remain the same. Joe Biden faces the challenge of how to respond.
Death of a show pony
Andrew Peacock was a flawed Liberal leader, but it is not mere nostalgia to think that he was a great deal more admirable than most of his successors.
Victory in the drug war?
The momentum for marijuana legalisation in the United States now seems unstoppable, but the lessons may not generalise to other countries and other issues.
The World is Not Enough 