With headlines dominated by Canberra’s policy ‘step-up’ in the Pacific in response to China’s rapidly expanding influence in the region, it seems puzzling that the Morrison government would risk disrupting relations with two of its …
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Savour that rare headline. The Pacific wins over political argy-bargy. Australia has listened to the South Pacific and done something to discomfit the ‘junior’ member of the governing coalition, the National Party. Another way to …
The Hesse elections were the last straw. Even though it looks like the ruling Christian Democratic Union – Greens coalition in this Bundesland (federal state) in central Germany will remain in power, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s …
The German Social Democrats’ (SPD) existential crisis can no longer be treated as a typical party crisis. The party captured a mere 9.7% of the vote in regional elections in Bavaria this month and it …
Germany’s federal elections in September 2017 marked a turning point in the nation’s parliamentary history. A far-right extremist party entered the Bundestag for the first time since the end of World War II. Alternative für …