Ending the financial year with a roundup of recent developments in some long-running stories around the world.
Category: United States
New York swings leftward
The left-wing candidate scores a convincing win in New York's Democratic primary, raising questions for the party's overall direction.
Iraq and Iran: compare and contrast
Another unwarranted American attack in the Middle East, and there are both similarities and differences with the invasion of Iraq 22 years earlier.
The far right & the “Libertarians”
Australia's far right parties failed to make the electoral breakthrough that many expected. The Libertarian Party also does not seem to have done itself any good by joining their company.
Alone at the UN
The United States again votes with Russia at the United Nations, this time with no support whatever from its usual allies.
A Trump third term?
His second term is already a scene of chaos after less than three months, but Donald Trump keeps talking about the possibility of a third term.
Overthinking Trumpism
Searching for philosophical depth in the Trump administration is a fool's errand.
OK, let’s talk about tariffs
For a century and a half, being on the right generally meant you supported protectionism. Donald Trump means to bring back those days, if indeed they ever really went away.
Libertarians vs democracy, again
Matt Zwolinski explains what's wrong with the "libertarian" critique of democracy.
Manifest destiny, part 3: Gaza
The idea of an American protectorate-cum-real-estate-development in Gaza may or may not be seriously meant, but Trump's support for Israel's far-right agenda is very serious indeed.
