Barnaby Joyce flirts with joining One Nation: he probably wouldn't last long, but in some ways he's a good fit.
Category: Personalities
The return of Czechia’s “populist”
Czechs get the expected election result, with their billionaire former prime minister set to return to power.
Liberals contemplate a Hastie future
Andrew Hastie is obviously preparing the ground for a Liberal leadership challenge, with the argument that a policy shift is necessary to counter the threat from the far right. It doesn't make a lot of sense.
Epstein? Seriously?
For all the things Donald Trump can be fairly attacked for, the one that has really upset his hard-core followers is his attempt to puncture one of their conspiracy theories.
Trump loses patience
Donald Trump starts talking tough against Russia. What does it mean for the future of Ukraine?
Madman on the loose?
In a mad world, perhaps a mad president is only appropriate.
EOFY loose ends
Ending the financial year with a roundup of recent developments in some long-running stories around the world.
Trump, Putin and Ukraine
Contrary to some optimistic forecasts, Donald Trump seems set to sell out Ukraine, but the deal is not yet done.
Autocrats north and south, revisited
An opportune moment to return to the comparison of Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro.
Trump at the Supreme Court, revisited
The Supreme Court says no to Donald Trump, in a decision of minor intrinsic importance that might nonetheless herald bigger things to come.
The World is Not Enough 