Indonesian democracy looks to be in for a testing time, with a general with an unsavory background strongly favored to be the next president.
Category: Personalities
There’s no Trumpism without Trump
Ron DeSantis bows out of the presidential race, demonstrating the folly of trying to win over Donald Trump's supporters by promising competence.
Death of a journalist
Australian political journalism loses one of its stalwarts in Tim Colebatch.
A new French prime minister
Emmanuel Macron finds someone even younger than himself to serve as prime minister, hoping to keep his delicate balancing act alive.
EU loses a president
The European Union is looking for a new head of state, exposing some of the strangeness of its constitutional arrangements.
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.
The World is Not Enough 