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24 Apr 2018 6:00

Kim Jong-un made Donald Trump an offer he couldn’t refuse

By Kristian McGuire

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.

23 Apr 2018 15:00

Less is more? Employment rates and economic growth

By Stephen Grenville

Labour market participation is a key factor in determining monetary policy.

23 Apr 2018 13:00

Aid links: laptop failures, Indian justice, and Australian parsimony

By Alexandre Dayant

Links and stories from the aid and development sector.

23 Apr 2018 11:15

North Korea’s nuclear test freeze: practical as much as political

By Morris Jones

But “satellite” launches could disguise more missile tests.

23 Apr 2018 10:30

The Beijing way of trade punishment

By Richard McGregor

China has a bigger adversary to contend with before picking fights with Australia.

23 Apr 2018 7:30

5G dreaming

By Sarah Logan

China has framed 5G as a technological arms race.

21 Apr 2018 7:00

Weekend catch-up: Syria strike (redux), Japanese rare earth, and climate geopolitics

The week that was on The Interpreter.

20 Apr 2018 16:15

Australian warships challenged in South China Sea

By Euan Graham

Clearly, someone in Australia’s defence and security establishment wanted China’s challenge to be made public.

20 Apr 2018 11:00

Immigration links: disputed Rohingya repatriations, sporting refugees, and more

By Erin Harris

Links and updates from across the migration and border policy field.

27 Mar 2018 15:00

Skripal: the West escalates, but where is the proof?

By Tom Switzer

Governments should not rely on assertion and bombast, which is what has happened in the Skripal case.

30 Mar 2018 9:00

Deterrence under the dragon’s shadow: Vietnam’s military modernisation

By Wu Shang-Su

Vietnam has long sought to calibrate its defence posture in the shadows of great power competition.

5 Apr 2018 12:00

Skripal: the weight of evidence

By Shashank Joshi

The alternatives to Russian culpability in the nerve agent attack strain credulity.

27 Mar 2018 14:00

South China Sea: the Philippine fissure

By Jay Batongbacal

Rodrigo Duterte is still to resolve tensions between accommodating China and maintaining strong US ties.

1 Apr 2018 8:00

Leslie – 15 years on

By Ting Huang

Leslie Cheung was known as the “Elvis of Hong Kong” and his legacy shows LGBT+ issues remain very much taboo in Chinese culture.

6 Apr 2018 10:30

Tajikistan and Uzbekistan: a welcome but fragile thaw

By Luke Dawes

The signs of warming relations between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are built on the friendship between two authoritarian rulers.

28 Mar 2018 10:00

Mekong: more dams, more damage

By Tom Fawthrop

Asia’s great river is under growing threat from hydropower.

9 Apr 2018 6:00

Amal Clooney no match for Trump and China in Southeast Asia press clampdown

By Alexandra Wake

Authoritarian governments are quick to claim “fake news” in a neighbourhood crackdown on press freedom.

29 Mar 2018 14:00

Indonesia: millennials’ party

By Febriana Firdaus

A party for the youth of Indonesia has won over social media, but still faces plenty of obstacles to success.

28 Mar 2018 10:00

Mekong: more dams, more damage

By Tom Fawthrop

Asia’s great river is under growing threat from hydropower. 0 9

16 Mar 2018 15:15

Australia, Asia, and the “Wealth of Nations”

By Peter McCawley

A new World Bank report allows stronger judgments about economic issues facing the region. 1 9

7 Mar 2018 10:00

A “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” and what it means for Australia

By David Brewster

The recently revived Quadrilateral is evolving and less explicitly focused on defence issues. 2 9

22 Feb 2018 12:30

The hidden epidemic in the shanty towns of Honiara

By Catherine Wilson

Diarrhoea is a killer in Solomon Islands, and climate change will only increase its danger. 3 9

14 Feb 2018 7:00

Malaysia’s election – electric and exhausting

By Amrita Malhi

Politicians might talk political tactics and leave the public bored, but a real contest is brewing. 4 9

1 Feb 2018 16:55

Sea cables in a thawing Arctic

By Elizabeth Buchanan

A trans-Arctic sea cable would afford the Kremlin a significant opportunity to demonstrate its role in developing the Arctic commons. 5 9

29 Jan 2018 10:21

Democracy and peace frustrated in Myanmar: remembering U Ko Ni

By Melissa Crouch

The lawyer's death was a targeted campaign against those advocating for the end of military rule through constitutional change. 6 9

19 Jan 2018 10:11

Despite the controversy, the Khmer Rouge Tribunal is a success

By Tom Fawthrop

There are many yardsticks beyond counting convictions for judging the achievements of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. 7 9

16 Jan 2018 9:23

Worries as New Caledonia’s independence vote approaches

By Alexandre Dayant

An economy in bad shape compounds painful memories as the French territory struggles with questions of independence. 8 9

Australia’s defence export strategy