21 Sep 2018 6:00
Can small island nations of the Pacific survive?
Independence, dependence, or interdependence – the challenges for micro-countries are growing as populations move.
Long reads
20 Sep 2018 14:00
The human side of Moon and Kim’s agreement
A declaration this week is cause for cautious optimism, but little for human rights advocates to celebrate.
20 Sep 2018 12:00
The crowded skies of Syria
Another plane destroyed shows despite a three-year intervention, Russian commanders don’t always know what they should.
20 Sep 2018 11:00
Climate change, at the frontlines
Pacific islands have declared climate change the “single greatest threat” to security, a significant shift in language.
20 Sep 2018 6:00
The other Rohingya crisis
Away from Bangladesh, another danger may be brewing for the Rohingya refugees, those who fled to India.
19 Sep 2018 15:00
The fight to repeal anti-gay laws in Singapore
The movement to repeal a colonial era ban is gaining momentum, despite the skewed social and political playing field.
19 Sep 2018 14:00
Pacific links: polio in PNG, farm visa delay, more
How logging puts women at risk in Solomon Islands, ADB outreach, Nauru’s future, and other links from the region.
19 Sep 2018 11:00
Korean peninsula and the Moon-shot
Talks rest on South Korea’s Moon Jae-in persuading the US and North Korea to join a “declaration-for-declaration” deal.
19 Sep 2018 6:00
Taiwan: the lonely winter
China aims to cut Taiwan off from Japan, as well as backing from the Vatican, to ensure the island is out in the cold.
24 Aug 2018 16:30
The world won’t wait for Scott Morrison
After an extraordinary week at home, the new PM will need to contend with a pressing international calendar.
24 Aug 2018 11:00
Huawei in Australia: the 5G fear
Blocking Chinese telecommunications firms from the new mobile network again exposes a wider trust problem.
4 Sep 2018 16:00
Russia’s Vostok-2018: a rehearsal for global war?
The largest military exercises in decades will see hundreds of thousands of troops in something approaching real combat.
24 Aug 2018 6:00
Soft power and reviewing Australia’s global appeal
A challenge for a new review is to agree what we mean by soft power, how to measure it, and to put it into practice.
4 Sep 2018 14:30
Will Solomon Islands abandon Taiwan?
Taipei will find it increasingly hard to dispel the intangible sense the tide of history is running in China’s favour.
30 Aug 2018 9:30
Australia right to question Manning visa
Manning is not a whistleblower. She is someone convicted of espionage who was given a long prison sentence.
27 Aug 2018 15:00
India: the north-south disparity
Engaging India means recognising vast differences between culturally diverse states and varied governance standards.
3 Sep 2018 11:30
Lessons of yet another Indonesian blasphemy case
Corruption permeates the Indonesian courts, making the perception of a country abiding the rule of law a sad illusion.
6 Sep 2018 14:30
China’s tech bubble
As debts mount and liquidity begins to dry up, it will soon become clear how much the growth of tech start-ups was fact.
25 Jul 2018 15:30
Trump and the rebirth of satire
When Nazis proudly march in America’s southern cities, do we really need comedians to point out how bad people can be?
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19 Jul 2018 12:00
“Poor old” China meets “poor young” Africa
Population ageing in China opens a new window for African development – and the wider world should pay attention, too.
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27 Jun 2018 6:00
The photos that go down in history
Theatricality, frisson, an unguarded glimpse behind closed doors – the art of a momentous political photograph.
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22 Jun 2018 12:00
The big clean-up in Malaysia
Political confusion might appear on the surface, yet the new government cannot act without the right people in place.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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