Costa Ricans get to choose on Sunday between two presidential candidates with the same surname. Polling suggests that the fundamentalist has the edge.
Remembering My Lai
One from the archive, as the Vietnam War recedes further into the past.
Election preview: Russia
Russia's presidential election, or "election", doesn't require much analysis, but it still raises some interesting issues.
Election preview: South Australia
South Australians go to the polls, with little reason to think that the electoral system will reflect their wishes.
Italy: populists and populism
Will Italy's rival populists get together? Or does that idea rest on a misunderstanding?
The fantasy world of Brexit
Attempts to square the Brexit circle remain unsuccessful. But do the Tory Brexiters really care?
Options for Italy, revisited
The Italian results might look complicated, but they really boil down to just two options.
Italy’s choice
As Italian results come in, Silvio Berlusconi fades to irrelevance and the Five Star Movement faces a momentous choice.
The centre strikes back
Germany can finally get a new government after the Social Democrats vote resoundingly in favor of a coalition with the centre-right.
Election preview: Italy
The centre-left's predicament in Italy probably looks worse than it is. But in the circumstances that's not much consolation.
The World is Not Enough 