California's governor looks like surviving an attempt to recall him, but the vote casts a light both on some of the state's quirks and on the mania that's taken hold of the Republican Party.
Category: Elections
Election preview: Norway
If the polls are right, Norway's Labour Party is set to return to government after eight years in opposition.
A coup in Guinea
Last weekend's coup in Guinea is a lesson in why democratic backsliding should be taken more seriously.
Problems in the Balkans
There's a new political crisis in Romania to accompany the existing long-running one in neighboring Bulgaria.
Déjà vu in Victoria
Victoria's Liberal Party dumps its leader and reaches back into its past – a place of dark memories.
Japan loses a prime minister
Despite staging a successful Olympics, Japan's prime minister decides that his party will be better placed with a new leader for the upcoming election.
Taliban in Central America
Afghanistan isn't the only place where an anti-American autocracy has picked up where it left off. Nicaragua has already been there.
France’s contested middle ground
France's two traditional parties are both struggling for relevance as they try to settle on a candidate in advance of next year's presidential election.
Germany, one month out
The political landscape in Germany has shifted quite a bit in the last four months. With a month to go until the election, there could still be more twists in the tale.
A new leader for Malaysia
Muhyiddin Yassin never succeeded in defining himself as more than a stopgap leader, demonstrating again that the benefit incumbents get from Covid-19 is real but limited.
The World is Not Enough 