OK, let’s talk about Qantas

Qantas's current troubles raise interesting questions about privatisation and corporate regulation.

Constitutionalism in Ohio

Voters in Ohio reject a move to make constitutional amendment more difficult, and there's a particular amendment they've got in mind.

Remembering some lessons from the Whitlam government's across-the-board tariff cut of 1973.

Ten years on, Croatia has made a great success of EU membership. But its example is not being followed.

East Timor is set for a new government. Meanwhile, a history of Australia's involvement sets the record straight on its route to independence.

Montenegro's voters return a new pro-European party in first place, while Bulgaria's fractious politicians finally agree on a new government.

A pivotal case in Alabama exposes the conceptual mess of America's jurisprudence on electoral representation.

Poland's far-right government faces trouble both at home and abroad, but its position in this year's election is far from hopeless.

The final act of the Arab Spring is played out with the Arab League's normalisation of relations with Syria and its dictator.

An extremely successful election boycott in Northern Kosovo shows that the denial of self-determination is still not working.