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Election preview: Mexico

It looks like being third time lucky for Mexico's veteran leftist in Sunday's presidential election.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Latin America, Party matters 1 Comment 29 June 2018

Gender and the Republicans

Most Republicans don't see any particular need to get more women into government. What could be the thinking behind that?

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Charles Richardson Party matters, Political issues, United States Leave a comment 28 June 2018

Libertarians and “libertarians” (Australian version)

Interesting things happen when you ask self-declared libertarians about their political preferences.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 1 Comment 27 June 201827 January 2022

Twilight of the Merkel?

Interesting reading on the Trumpist impact on European politics.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Germany, Party matters, Political issues 7 Comments 26 June 201827 January 2022

Turkey’s strongman wins again

Turkey's autocratic president wins re-election and a legislative majority, but the country remains deeply divided.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East 3 Comments 25 June 20181 July 2018

Thinking about the Anglosphere

Can we blame our media's failings on the fuzzy romantic notion of the Anglosphere?

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Europe, Ideas, Media, Political issues, United States Leave a comment 23 June 201827 January 2022

Turkish democracy’s last stand

Sunday's election in Turkey is probably the last chance to arrest its slide into authoritarianism. Polls suggest it could be very close.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Middle East 2 Comments 22 June 2018

Be careful what you wish for on free speech

People often seem to have the idea that restrictions on free speech will work in the interests of minorities and the oppressed. It usually doesn't work out that way.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Political issues 1 Comment 21 June 201827 January 2022

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Welcome to our new site!

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Neoliberalism and socialism – compare and contrast

If only the debate about (neo)liberalism was as intellectually engaged as the debate about socialism.

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