INTERNATIONALThe two latest applicants for membership of the United Nations are Switzerland and Taiwan. Switzerland is likely to get in. Taiwan is not.In the usual Swiss way, whether Switzerland actually applies for UN membership depends on the result of a national referendum. To pass, the proposition must be passed by a majority of voters in a majority of cantons, the Swiss version of our states.If this sounds familiar, it is no accident, as Australia’s referendum system was modeled by Austral…
