21 Jun 2018 10:30
Moscow’s other navy
With equipment that appears almost James Bond–esque, Russia’s deep-sea fleet is potential hidden menace.
Long reads
21 Jun 2018 6:00
Selective outrage: Priyanka Chopra and the “Quantico” controversy
Even fiction can attract fringe outrage in a bid to capitalise on prime-time attention.
20 Jun 2018 16:00
2018 Lowy Institute Poll: continuities and discontinuities
Australians have reacted to global disruptions with a growing sense of unease.
20 Jun 2018 14:00
The China puzzle in Asia
China still faces daunting development challenges and it will take many decades to close the asset gap with Western countries.
20 Jun 2018 12:00
When Indonesia sits on the Security Council
Winning a seat at the premier UN forum is a chance to see Southeast Asian issues on the world agenda.
20 Jun 2018 10:30
Immigration links: US border separations, more
Links and updates from across the migration and border policy fields.
20 Jun 2018 6:00
Glug, glug, glug: India’s interest in unsinkable aircraft carriers
As India looks to act East in response to China’s rise, investment in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands might make more sense than expensive floating status symbols.
19 Jun 2018 15:00
Time to denounce China’s Muslim gulag
Australia should use an important opportunity at the UN Human Rights Council to condemn the extrajudicial detention of up to one million Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China.
19 Jun 2018 13:00
Global profit shifting
New analysis suggests that Australia has the wrong priority in corporate tax reform.
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.
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.
8 Jun 2018 10:00
Indonesia’s LGBT crackdown
Despite abandoning attempts to make same-sex relationships a crime, the politics around the LGBT community remains a flashpoint in Indonesia.
7 Jun 2018 12:15
Name shame: China’s trouble with Taiwan
Beijing’s nomenclature belligerence may actually be working in Tapei’s favour.
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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