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Manager of the internet, controller of the world?
Manager of the internet, controller of the world?
Review: Underground Empire: How America Weaponised the World Economy, by Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman (Allen Lane, 2023) Among foreign-policy thinkers of today, there’s…
“An awkward photo‑op”: Japan’s persistent gender problem
“An awkward photo‑op”: Japan’s persistent gender problem
During a summer break, The Interpreter will feature selected articles each day from throughout the past year. Normal publishing will resume 15 January, 2024. This article first…
Why do we travel to unsettling places?
Why do we travel to unsettling places?
During a summer break, The Interpreter will feature selected articles each day from throughout the past year. Normal publishing will resume 15 January, 2024. This article first…
Your Top 10 on The Interpreter in 2023
Your Top 10 on The Interpreter in 2023
Never forget the light-hearted moments. Like that time one of Australia’s most accomplished international law experts, Professor Donald R Rothwell, wrote about the…
Manila’s killing fields: Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on the poor
Manila’s killing fields: Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on the poor
Book review: Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder In My Country by Patricia Evangelista (Penguin Random House, 2023) “When I become president, when I take my oath of…
The Fix: Nationalist theatre, with a twist
The Fix: Nationalist theatre, with a twist
We’re asking contributors to put together their own collected observations like this one – and as always, if you’ve got an idea to pitch for The Interpreter, drop a line via the…
Espionage top ten
Espionage top ten
Australian spooks are not a literary lot. The secret services of Britain and the United States have spawned many spy fiction authors, but we are still waiting for a domestic John…
University challenge: Caption contest winners
University challenge: Caption contest winners
Presenting the results from a fun little contest to give university students a chance to win tickets to the 2023 Lowy Lecture and Dinner. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will…