The European Union is looking for a new head of state, exposing some of the strangeness of its constitutional arrangements.
Category: Personalities
Death of a realist
Henry Kissinger departs, and we are left with the consequences of his crimes and of the doctrine that made them possible.
Cameron redux
Rishi Sunak's cabinet reshuffle pulls a rabbit out of the hat with the return of David Cameron. What does it mean for the future of the Conservative Party?
Birds of a feather
Robert Kennedy Jr toys with the idea of an third-party candidacy for the presidency. Should that worry the Democrats or the Republicans?
Finally some good news for John Pesutto
The Victorian Liberal Party's mainstream wing lives to fight another day with a victory in the party's presidential race.
Ten years later
The tenth anniversary of Tony Abbott's election provides an occasion to consider his continuing influence.
One dead mutineer
The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin illustrates the brutality of Russia's regime, but it is hardly the least excusable of Vladimir Putin's crimes.
Thai democracy struggles on
The return to Thailand of populist leader Thaksin Shinawatra coincides, obviously not by chance, with an agreement between his party and the military.
Autocrats north and south
The contrasting post-presidential fortunes of Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. Different party systems play an important role.
Death in Germany
Simon Crean was not a successful Labor leader, but he deserves more respect from the party than many whose record looks better on paper.
The World is Not Enough 