Non-U.S. Politics

March 15, 2005 6:50 PM

Are there political weblogs that do not discuss only U.S. politics?

This thread got me thinking about what people in other countries think of our soldiers, which got me thinking about foreign politics. So, I am wondering what good weblog sources there are for foreign politics.

I ask specifically about weblogs because I want the opinions of so-called "real people;" foreign newspapers are easy enough to find online, likewise stuff from think tanks.

I guess what I'm asking is, is there a foreign (European or otherwise) equivalent of DailyKos, or of RedState?

posted by Yelling At Nothing to Society & Culture (7 answers total)

One good Canadian non-partisan (or, multi-partisan, as it were) political group blog is Blogs Canada's E-Group. There are plenty of other Canadian political blogs--check out the blogroll on that page.
posted by dbarefoot at 7:30 PM on March 15, 2005

Kiwiblog has a good round up of New Zealand politics
posted by X-00 at 9:17 PM on March 15, 2005

blatant self link.
posted by PenDevil at 10:42 PM on March 15, 2005

I know a guy who used to write one, then he took a job in the government, got a security clearance as he'd be dealing with classified material, and thus no-longer has the freedom to put his analyses online any more...

So, yes, good non-US political blogs are definitely out there, but I don't have any to point to right now :)
posted by -harlequin- at 12:04 AM on March 16, 2005

A Fistful of Euros.
posted by CKZ at 1:34 AM on March 16, 2005

(Self Link) I've just started something called policytalk.ca, feel free to drop in for discussion of Canadian political science and public policy, and international stuff in so much as it referrs to Canada. (/Self Link)
posted by tiamat at 6:02 AM on March 16, 2005

Viewropa is sort of a European spinoff of Metafilter. It's not about politics, specifically, but it's as on topic there as it is here.
posted by cameleon at 12:43 PM on March 16, 2005