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Australia’s Strategic Update: What it means for Indonesia

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Hong Kong: The finishing blow

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Defence Strategic Update 2020: A first assessment

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Developing resistance: Emergent nations and Covid-19

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Purnendra Jain 3 Jul 2020 16:04

Popular Tokyo governor eyes a second term, and maybe more

Yuriko Koike’s re-election is almost certain, and with the national government out of favour, she might not stop there.
Greta Nabbs-Keller 3 Jul 2020 12:30

Australia’s Strategic Update: What it means for Indonesia

Jakarta’s response is likely to be complex and will require deft management by Australian policymakers.
Roland Rajah, Pascal Lamy 3 Jul 2020 11:00

COVIDcast: The future of globalisation

The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region and the world.
Melissa Crouch 3 Jul 2020 09:00

Southeast Asian democracies in declining health amid Covid-19

An illiberal turn across the region has been exacerbated by the pandemic. Australia should take note.
Rowan Callick 2 Jul 2020 16:30

Hong Kong: The finishing blow

The new legislation marks the completion of Beijing’s total control and surveillance of every quarter of the PRC.
Greg Earl 2 Jul 2020 16:00

Economic diplomacy: Diversification dilemmas

China, India and Australia are all dealing with the costs and risks of reshoring.
James Goldrick 2 Jul 2020 10:00

Defence Strategic Update 2020: A first assessment

A candid assessment of Australia's challenges, but will the planned measures be enough?
Aarti Betigeri 1 Jul 2020 17:00

India’s TikTok stars collateral damage in Chinese app ban

The move signals that decades of appeasement towards China by a succession of Indian leaders is coming to an end.
Grant Wyeth 1 Jul 2020 16:15

Canada won’t fall for China’s hostage diplomacy

Releasing Meng Wanzhou wouldn’t raise Canada’s standing with China. Worse, it would betray its closest partner.

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Long Reads

In India and Africa, women farmers lack land rights

Vani Swarupa Murali

Despite significant participation in agriculture, women across both regions face similar obstacles to ownership.
How is an advanced Australia faring in the Asian century?

Tim Harcourt

The power of proximity has long surpassed the “tyranny of distance” in Australian trade relations.
The battle for a Covid vaccine risks losing the “war”

Geoff Kitney

A quest to find the “magic bullet” is drawing dangerous political lines. Without cooperation, nobody wins.

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Aarti Betigeri 24 Jun 2020 13:00

Australians look to India more – and don’t always like what they see

Doubts about Indian democracy and its politics suggest the Morrison government has some persuading to do.
Peter Layton 19 Jun 2020 06:00

Belt and Road means big data and facial recognition, too

China is exporting the same social control technology it employs to monitor its own population.
Dmitry Grozoubinski 22 Jun 2020 15:00

Australia-UK trade agreement: Good, boring policy

A deal between two liberalised economies on opposite sides of the globe can only improve a small number of pain points.
David Brewster 22 Jun 2020 12:00

Australia should support India in the Himalayas

If Canberra wants a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with New Delhi, some courageous steps are needed.
Rebecca Barber 10 Jun 2020 16:30

In Yemen, a deadly concoction of arms sales, conflict and Covid-19

Without a ceasefire, a humanitarian catastrophe fuelled by Western arms shipments is about to get much worse.
Shane McLeod 22 Jun 2020 06:00

Debt threatens Digicel’s Pacific dominance

The sprawling telecoms provider is deep in the red, and it might be the company’s PNG profits that help bail it out.