19 Jun 2018 13:00
Global profit shifting
New analysis suggests that Australia has the wrong priority in corporate tax reform.
Long reads
19 Jun 2018 10:00
It’s all up to Moon now
Donald Trump has recessed himself and Moon Jae-in looks to have the political support for a big-bang approach to a final status deal with North Korea – doubtful as the outcome might be.
19 Jun 2018 6:00
Ceasefire in Afghanistan: the first win for peace
Despite incidents of violence, opinion on all sides has increasingly converged towards a peaceful resolution to end the ongoing strife in Afghanistan.
18 Jun 2018 17:00
Aid links: maternal mortality, school uniforms and truancy, more
Links and stories from the aid and development sector.
18 Jun 2018 15:00
The ever-widening Atlantic
Battening down the hatches and waiting for the Trump storm to pass is hardly a pragmatic solution to the political concerns of a world in flux.
18 Jun 2018 13:00
Should Shinzo Abe happen to meet Kim Jong-un
Overcoming the politics of victimhood is one way Japan’s leader could involve himself again in regional denuclearisation talks.
18 Jun 2018 11:30
China’s rising interests in Qatar
The countries are expanding bilateral relations in the energy, investment, and security sectors.
18 Jun 2018 6:00
Vietnam: reconciling the diaspora
Healing the rift between the current regime and many Vietnamese abroad is a cause long overdue.
16 Jun 2018 7:00
Weekend catch-up: Singapore summit, China–Pakistan, and diplomacy at the World Cup
The week that was on The Interpreter.
5 Jun 2018 15:00
China eyes its next prize – the Mekong
After the South China Sea, Beijing’s “salami slicing” strategy is moving along Southeast Asia’s longest river.
29 May 2018 15:00
China’s looming financial crisis
Reintroducing one-man rule in China is not only creating political tensions, but also leading to bad macroeconomic policy – and Australia should prepare for the consequences.
24 May 2018 14:00
Operation Coldstore: Singapore’s struggle to confront history
A gruelling parliamentary hearing has opened a debate on a largely forgotten official crackdown in the Asian city state.
25 May 2018 6:00
Xinjiang’s “transformation through education” camps
The history of Chinese policy in Xinjiang shows the Communist Party has never been averse to repression of ethnic minority opposition and dissent.
29 May 2018 11:30
Japan’s plans to build a “Free and Open” Indian Ocean
Australia needs to cooperate with Japan, in addition to China, on open and sustainable projects across the Indo-Pacific.
4 Jun 2018 6:00
A study in controversy: Chinese students in Australia
A love of country is not always synonymous with an endorsement of the government when speaking with Chinese students in Australia.
23 May 2018 6:00
Why China isn’t planning to storm Taiwan’s beaches
China’s navy has grown dramatically, but not its amphibious forces.
28 May 2018 14:00
Cambodia: to vote or not to vote?
The Cambodian people are being asked to boycott the election. To do so would be a mistake.
21 May 2018 15:00
A lesser Australia
If left unchecked, a decline in Australia’s influence will continue quite rapidly over the coming decade.
24 Apr 2018 6:00
Kim Jong-un made Donald Trump an offer he couldn’t refuse
Plenty of attention has been paid to the perils of the likely US–North Korea summit, but little has been said about the risks Trump would have faced had he declined Pyongyang’s offer.
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9 Apr 2018 6:00
Amal Clooney no match for Trump and China in Southeast Asia press clampdown
Authoritarian governments are quick to claim “fake news” in a neighbourhood crackdown on press freedom.
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1 Apr 2018 8:00
Leslie – 15 years on
Leslie Cheung was known as the “Elvis of Hong Kong” and his legacy shows LGBT+ issues remain very much taboo in Chinese culture.
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28 Mar 2018 10:00
Mekong: more dams, more damage
Asia’s great river is under growing threat from hydropower.
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16 Mar 2018 15:15
Australia, Asia, and the “Wealth of Nations”
A new World Bank report allows stronger judgments about economic issues facing the region.
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7 Mar 2018 10:00
A “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” and what it means for Australia
The recently revived Quadrilateral is evolving and less explicitly focused on defence issues.
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22 Feb 2018 12:30
The hidden epidemic in the shanty towns of Honiara
Diarrhoea is a killer in Solomon Islands, and climate change will only increase its danger.
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14 Feb 2018 7:00
Malaysia’s election – electric and exhausting
Politicians might talk political tactics and leave the public bored, but a real contest is brewing.
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1 Feb 2018 16:55
Sea cables in a thawing Arctic
A trans-Arctic sea cable would afford the Kremlin a significant opportunity to demonstrate its role in developing the Arctic commons.
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