Reading suggestions to brighten your weekend.
Far right knocking at the door in Sweden
Sweden's model of consensus anti-extremist politics is on trial in next month's election.
Maybe not the potato
It's possible to tear down a prime minister without becoming their replacement. Peter Dutton could learn from Michael Heseltine.
Socialism with a human face?
It's fifty years since Soviet tanks crushed the Czechoslovak experiment in humane socialism. But the issues involved have not disappeared.
Is Turnbull another Rudd, or just another Turnbull?
Malcolm Turnbull's predicament brings back memories of 2009-10. What can that experience tell us about his prospects?
Death of a nationalist
The founder of India's ruling party was a moderate whose creation has become a vehicle for extremism.
France, Zionism and antisemitism
Antisemitism in France is a mixture of change and continuity, which defies simple explanations and easy solutions.
Somaliland’s success
Somaliland looks like a model case of democratic self-determination. Does that explain why it's ignored by the west?
Does it matter who funds think tanks?
Ideas matter, independently of who's paying for them. But that doesn't mean that the latter is unimportant.
The hazards of memory
Ten years ago, Russia and Georgia went to war. Remembering what happened then might help us now, but it might not.
