The assassination of Shinzo Abe seems to have given his party an electoral boost, but it also puts the spotlight on the defence issues that he championed.
Category: Personalities
Johnson wraps up
As Boris Johnson comes to the end of the road, his failure is symptomatic of a larger failure of modern politics.
Gorsuch goes rogue again
At the end of a controversial term, a US supreme court decision shows unusual acrimony within the conservative camp.
Watergate at fifty
Fifty years on from the beginning of the Watergate cover-up, the United States again confronts the question of liability for presidential criminality.
Maybe not the potato (reprise)
Australia's Liberal Party has a new leader, but there's no sign that he recognises the need for any change in direction - or would be able to implement it if he did.
Macron’s choice
France's new prime minister represents a tilt towards the left, but the president still seems determined to occupy the middle ground.
Election preview: Philippines
The Philippine presidential election seems a foregone conclusion, with the late dictator's son holding a big lead in the polls.
Putin blinks?
Russia moves towards annexation of the rebel-controlled Donbas. It's a gross violation of international law, but it's probably also a step away from the threat of full-scale war.
Death of a humorist
P.J. O'Rourke leaves behind a wonderful body of work but also an ambiguous moral legacy.
Death of an election expert
Lani Guinier, controversial scholar of election law and minority rights, dies at 71.
The World is Not Enough 