Outrage in Germany as liberals and centre-right vote with the far right in a state parliament. Has an important taboo been broken?
Category: Political issues
A history of impeachment, part II
Transplanted to the United States, impeachment was never intended as a means to resolve political conflicts. When that use was attempted, it failed – but so did other methods.
A history of impeachment, part I
As Donald Trump's impeachment trial approaches its inevitable climax, it's worth a look at where this process came from and how it fits in with the United States constitution.
Putin, history and the Holocaust
Remembering the Holocaust can't ever be a politically neutral activity. As far-right politics returns to the scene, it's becoming more fraught than ever.
Indexing democracy again
The fortunes of democracy in 2019 were mixed, at best.
Northern Ireland gets a government again
Northern Ireland has been without a government for three years, and a lot has happened in that time. Now its parties have agreed to give things another try.
Putin’s plan
Authoritarianism typically creates problems for its practitioners. Vladimir Putin's plan for constitutional revision represents an attempt to solve some of them.
Taiwan’s unsurprising landslide
Taiwanese voters give their president a second term, evidently convinced that her defiance of Beijing is the best strategy.
Death of a sultan
The death of Oman's long-ruling sultan raises questions about the viability of enlightened despotism.
Election preview: Taiwan
Taiwan's president looks comfortably set for re-election tomorrow, being an unintended beneficiary of the Chinese government's aggressive approach to Hong Kong.
The World is Not Enough 