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An airliner with Chinese characteristics
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…
Multilateral cooperation can improve South Asia’s water woes
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…
Lithium, lightest metal on earth, carries heavy geopolitical weight
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…
Power in Asia: Six surprising facts
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…
Beijing digs in for the Central Asia-China gas pipeline
China’s ongoing pursuit of a cross-border pipeline with Turkmenistan in Central Asia has repercussions for both the region and Australia.
In October, China’s President Xi…
The Beijing blowback should Australia get closer to Taiwan
Should Australia adopt a more assertive and, by definition, riskier policy on Taiwan?
Benjamin Herscovitch and Mark Harrison, of the Australian National University and the…
China’s view of Henry Kissinger: A political nostalgia
The passing of the former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, a towering figure in 20th-century diplomacy, has triggered global reflections on his complex legacy. While Western…
Policy Briefs
Enhancing Australia's Taiwan ties
Australia has limited its economic and political engagements with Taiwan due to fears of upsetting China. Is now the right time for change?
How to stop any repeat of the Australia-China sonar incident
Soviet warships regularly sparred with Western navies during the Cold War years, conducting close-in ship-to-ship manoeuvres and pointing lasers against their foreign opponents at…
COP28: A better climate for US-China relations?
China and the United States, as the largest global greenhouse gas emitters, will play a pivotal role in securing consensus at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference,…