22 Jan 2019 6:00
Indonesia: releasing Abu Bakar Ba’asyir wrong on all counts
A decision to release the notorious extremist only leaves Jokowi looking weak, out-manoeuvred, and poorly advised.
Long reads
21 Jan 2019 14:30
The politics of asylum-seeking: al-Qanun’s route to Canada
Similar cases seldom have positive results, highlighting how they can be manipulated by political actors.
21 Jan 2019 12:00
Talking to the Taliban: challenges for Kabul
The Taliban wants to turn a stalemate into its favour after Washington declared a time-bound approach to a settlement.
21 Jan 2019 6:00
Australia articulates its Indian Ocean priorities
Payne emphasised that it is in Australia’s vital national interest for the Indian Ocean to remain open and peaceful.
18 Jan 2019 13:30
Syria: emerging consequences of the US withdrawal
Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from Syria has actors scrambling to make sense of the ramifications.
18 Jan 2019 10:00
Book Review: the Clinton fiction
Clinton’s book has nothing new to say about politics but it may offer some insight into his assessment of the world.
18 Jan 2019 6:00
Brexit: British people vote with their feet
The potential appeal of Ireland post-Brexit has seen business headquarters leave London and passport applications surge.
17 Jan 2019 14:30
Economic diplomacy: A new year of trade rows & development strife
It’s back ... more debate over TPP membership, plus a hint why Kim quit, and the AIIB goes green.
17 Jan 2019 12:00
Indonesia’s elections: identity politics and olive branches
Is the reality of Indonesia’s politics forcing a hardliner to become more moderate?
2 Jan 2019 7:00
Best of The Interpreter 2018: Forgotten corners of the world
Read this year's best Interpreter pieces on some of the most interesting but often overlooked parts of the world.
31 Dec 2018 7:00
Best of The Interpreter 2018: The US-China trade war
The two largest economies in the world have spent the year exchanging threats of retaliatory tariffs.
11 Jan 2019 11:00
“The whales have won” – even as Japan sharpens its harpoons
Japan’s withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission may counterintuitively offer hope to conservation efforts.
3 Jan 2019 7:00
Best of The Interpreter 2018: Khashoggi, Skripal, deaths & duels
Read the best Interpreter pieces on the grim revival of state sanctioned assassinations. Allegedly.
8 Jan 2019 10:00
The rude health of Cambodia’s Hun Sen
Speculation about succession by Hun Sen’s eldest son is an interesting talking point – that could go on a while yet.
4 Jan 2019 7:00
Best of The Interpreter 2018: Talking with Kim Jong-un
This was a year of extraordinary diplomacy on the Korean peninsula, summitry and circuses.
10 Jan 2019 14:00
International broadcasting: the ABC vs the wisdom of the crowd
An incoming Australian government should review and rethink the purpose of state-funded international broadcasting.
9 Jan 2019 9:30
Jim Kim quits the World Bank, an unexpected gift to Donald Trump
If he chooses, Trump now has the opportunity to push the Bank towards a more conservative global agenda.
7 Jan 2019 15:00
How to save one million lives, and then millions more
Climate change is a health crisis: meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement would save lives.
2 Nov 2018 6:00
Yemen, Khashoggi, and the deadly Saudi trade
No one denies Western weapons are used in Yemen but it took a journalist’s death to focus on arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
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31 Oct 2018 10:30
Caught in the net: slavery on Southeast Asian seas
The seafood you bought from your local market could have been caught by a slave.
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16 Oct 2018 6:00
The corridor of power
The remote Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan was central to the Silk Road, Great Game, and Cold War – now China has plans.
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11 Oct 2018 14:15
Facing ghosts of the past in Bougainville
Post-war justice has been elusive, but until grievances are confronted, the consequences of impunity can be deadly.
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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.
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17 Aug 2018 14:30
Electric vehicles and industrial policy
A dramatic shift in the global automotive market sees electric vehicles, once viewed as toys, gaining momentum.
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6 Aug 2018 15:00
International broadcasting: not so simple as ABC
Australia’s future international public broadcasting should be placed in the hands of a new independent body.
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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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