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Stephen Minas

She won’t be right with “Australian-style” Brexit

Louise Terrance

Favourites of 2020: Running for nothing?

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Your most-read articles on The Interpreter in 2020

It was about March we tried to ban the word “unprecedented” from articles. But a relentless year wasn’t letting go.
Stephen Minas 23 Dec 2020 06:00

She won’t be right with “Australian-style” Brexit

If a no-deal option with the EU is so enviable, why is Australia cutting a deal right now?
Daniel Flitton 22 Dec 2020 12:00

Favourites of 2020: Women make excellent spies

Chauvinist assumptions are a big part of the reason the West lost its nuclear edge.
Melissa Conley Tyler 22 Dec 2020 10:00

The strange connections of isolation

Reflecting on a year when a virus closed borders and drove us all together.
Stuart Minchin 22 Dec 2020 06:00

The modern sharing of Pacific “public goods”

A repository for regional data not only preserves the lessons of the past, but will shape a better future, too.
Louise Terrance 21 Dec 2020 12:00

Favourites of 2020: Running for nothing?

Covid-19 has proved life is a marathon, not a sprint.
Timothy Graham 21 Dec 2020 11:00

How extremist messaging co-opts emergency events

The cynical saying “never waste a good crisis” is just as true for far-right and conspiracy theorists alike.
Victor Abramowicz 21 Dec 2020 06:00

A missile spotter’s guide to North Korea (and beyond)

Everything happens for a reason. And that reason is normally physics or finance.
Aarti Betigeri 18 Dec 2020 13:30

Can Modi calm the farm?

A “crash or crash through” approach has served India’s PM well, but India’s farmers are proving a bigger obstacle.

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Long Reads

The strange connections of isolation

Melissa Conley Tyler

Reflecting on a year when a virus closed borders and drove us all together.
Bringing space law into the 21st century

Donald R Rothwell

The international agreements around outer space, which date to the Cold War, are being tested by new space activity.
Where America finds itself

John Sexton

With Trump on the way out, from the White House at least, there is perhaps a chance to get serious for a moment.

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Adnan Aamir 14 Dec 2020 06:00

A dilemma for Pakistan as UAE cuts off work visas

A vital source of employment and income has been severed after Pakistan ran afoul of its powerful benefactors.
Oriana Skylar Mastro 16 Dec 2020 06:00

Russia and China team up on the Indian Ocean

The US and its allies may have military dominance in the region, but it’s no guarantee of influence.
Shane McLeod, Jonathan Pryke 16 Dec 2020 14:30

Frenemies forever? PNG’s prime minister sees off a challenge

It’ll be a merrier Christmas for James Marape, but a politically fractious new year looms.
Frank Yuan 17 Dec 2020 05:00

When China lashed out

Lessons of the past are too readily overlooked. But Australia has walked a tightrope between clashing giants before.
Melissa Crouch 14 Dec 2020 12:00

Australia-Indonesia relations need to talk the talk

Indonesian language programs in Australian universities – a gateway to cultural connection – are disappearing.
Kumuda Simpson 23 Jan 2019 15:00

Just how green is the Belt and Road?

China readily claims the mantle of environmental leadership, but its flagship infrastructure project has a cost.

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