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Ethiopia’s reformer wins a prize

Ethiopia's leader is a worthy recipient of the Nobel peace prize, but there is a lot of work still to be done in his country and the region.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Political issues, War and peace Leave a comment 17 October 2019

Why Poland matters

Polish voters have the opportunity tomorrow either to deliver a check to the worldwide campaign to wind back liberal democracy, or to give it further momentum.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues Leave a comment 12 October 201912 October 2019

More thoughts about judicial review

The decision about prorogation is not the only controversy Britain's supreme court has engaged in recently. An attempt to rein in the intelligence services raised some similar issues.

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Let’s talk about impeachment

The Democrats have set out on the road towards impeaching Donald Trump. There are echoes of Watergate, but the Republican Party has changed a lot in 45 years.

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Charles Richardson Party matters, Political issues, United States Leave a comment 8 October 2019

Brexit, always Brexit

Another week, another round of Brexit manoeuvring. Is the British government serious about a deal?

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China, seventy years on

The Chinese Communist Party today celebrates 70 years of power as perhaps the most successful totalitarian movement of modern times.

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Charles Richardson East Asia, Political issues, War and peace Leave a comment 1 October 2019

Jacques Chirac’s greatest hits

A look through the Crikey archive at the career of former French president Jacques Chirac, who died last week.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Party matters, Political issues Leave a comment 30 September 2019

Election preview: Austria

Austria's young centre-right leader looks set for a good result on Sunday, and should have some new options for forming government.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues 4 Comments 27 September 2019

Brexit: the judges take a hand

Boris Johnson loses big at the supreme court. It's a radical decision, but one with a solid grounding in the peculiarities of British constitutional law.

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Charles Richardson Electoral law, Europe, Political issues 2 Comments 25 September 2019

Netanyahu’s last stand

Israel's second election for the year has failed to solve the problem thrown up by the last one, but it has put Benjamin Netanyahu more on the defensive.

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