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From “Never Trump” to Lincoln Project

Trump's opponents within the Republican Party seem to be increasing not just in number, but also in their willingness to indict the party as a whole for how things have turned out.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, Political issues, United States 9 Comments 3 August 2020

Death of a contender

Black conservative Herman Cain, once a proto-Trumpist presidential candidate, succumbs to the coronavirus. Perhaps it will be a wake-up call to some other Republicans.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, Personalities, Political issues, United States 3 Comments 31 July 202026 January 2022

Verdict on corruption in Malaysia

With a former prime minister sentenced for corruption, Malaysia's government will have a difficult task in staying afloat.

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Charles Richardson Party matters, Political issues, South-East Asia Leave a comment 29 July 2020

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South Australia's Liberal government wants to change the state's electoral system to its own advantage. But it also happens to be the right thing to do.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Electoral law, Political issues 4 Comments 27 July 202029 September 2020

No convention for Florida

Donald Trump and the Republicans bow to the coronavirus inevitable and decide to call off their old-style convention. It's not clear that it would have helped them much anyway.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States Leave a comment 24 July 202024 July 2020

A new roadblock in Bolivia

The health crisis threatens another postponement of the election that is supposed to return Bolivia to democracy.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America 1 Comment 23 July 2020

Conflict in the Caucasus

A fresh outbreak of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan threatens the stability of regional alignments and provides another lesson in the need for self-determination.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Middle East, War and peace 2 Comments 22 July 2020

Still worrying about monarchy

Debate over the "palace letters" in Australia brings some focus back to the debate on monarchy vs republic. So do the woes of the former king of Spain.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Europe, Political issues, Referenda 5 Comments 20 July 202026 January 2022

Incumbents do well in the Balkans

Elections in Croatia and North Macedonia show good results for incumbent governments, but both will depend on allies to reach a majority.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 2 Comments 20 July 202020 July 2020

Writing to the queen

John Kerr's reports to the palace show him in a poor light but fail to reveal any grand conspiracy. The political debate, however, rolls on independently of the evidence.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Personalities, Political issues 5 Comments 15 July 202026 January 2022

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