The death in exile of Pakistan's General Musharraf reminds us of the foolishness of a foreign policy based on disdain for democracy.
Category: War and peace
Presidential problems in the Americas, revisited
The case for parliamentary government has been strengthened, not weakened, by the recent troubles in Brazil and the United States.
2022 in review
A review of the major electoral happenings on 2022, with particular reference to the invasion of Ukraine.
Back in the UN
Another big defeat for Russia at the United Nations shows how little international opinion has changed since March.
Putinists right and left
Far left and far right again turn out to have more in common than you might think, including a weakness for Vladimir Putin.
Election preview: Latvia
Latvia goes to the polls on Saturday, at a time when having Russia as a neighbor is particularly uncomfortable.
Death of a liberator
The last Soviet leader leaves a legacy that will never be forgotten.
August electoral roundup
A regular feature: this month, news from Kenya, Kuwait, Senegal and Canada, plus an update on a Washington story.
Kosovo is not Crimea
A war scare in the Balkans offers a warning against being misled by the force of bad analogies.
Mr Salvini & the Russians
Italy's three right-of-centre parties are co-operating to try to win government, but their very different positions on the war in Ukraine may herald a serious problem.
The World is Not Enough 