The secret ministries affair in Australia has thrown up important questions about the role of the governor-general. The solicitor-general's advice on the matter fails to cast much light.
Category: Political issues
Progress in Singapore?
Fifteen years after first floating the idea, Singapore moves to decriminalise homosexuality, in a sign of changing times.
Kosovo is not Crimea
A war scare in the Balkans offers a warning against being misled by the force of bad analogies.
Kansas votes for choice
A shock defeat for an anti-abortion initiative in Kansas gives hope to Democrats facing an otherwise bleak political landscape.
Lessons for Taiwan
A planned visit by Nancy Pelosi has again raised the question of Taiwan's future, and of what lessons can be learned from the invasion of Ukraine.
Fixing American elections, revisited
Reform of the US Electoral Count Act has advanced on the agenda, but progress is by no means assured.
Trump and the Tea Party
Donald Trump's obsession with his election loss is not just personal; it draws on demons in the Republican Party's soul.
Gorsuch goes rogue again
At the end of a controversial term, a US supreme court decision shows unusual acrimony within the conservative camp.
EU expansion, part XXIV
The European Union approves two new candidate countries for membership, one of them very big and difficult. But it's only the start of a long process.
America battles over choice
The US supreme court's decision to overturn its precedents on abortion has thrown the issue into the political arena as never before. The search for a compromise is unlikely to succeed.
The World is Not Enough 