Australian commentators still mostly get the Liberal Party wrong. For a start, the wet-dry division isn't a factional conflict.
Category: Political issues
Lessons from Spain
Reflections on the scope of the centre-left victory in Spain provide possible lessons for Australia's parties as well.
Understanding Spain, part I
Sunday's Spanish election follows a long period of political confusion, but this time voters face a clear choice.
Realignment – or not
Peter Costello suggests that the Liberal Party should concentrate on issues that unite it. The problem is that such issues are hard to find.
Election preview: Israel
Israeli elections usually involve minor reshuffles among the same cast of characters. This one looks like following the pattern, but it may be that Netanyahu's luck will finally run out.
One autocrat down, another two winged
Change in the Middle East didn't finish with the Arab Spring. Algeria's president resigned this week, and his counterparts in Sudan and Turkey are under threat.
Where to now, Brexit?
Brexit is back in the House of Commons tonight, with the possibility that the government's loss of control may become permanent.
Finally, some Brexit movement
Britain's House of Commons votes to seize the initiative from the hapless Theresa May, signalling a bad setback for the hard Brexiters.
Two anniversaries
Czechia and Tibet: compare and contrast. Can history tell us anything about appeasement?
Brexit at the pointy end
With Theresa May having failed to extract anything new from negotiations with the EU, Britain could be heading towards a fresh referendum – which would mean a huge disruption to the party system.
The World is Not Enough 