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Ian Hill

Winter is coming: staying the course on Ukraine

Sasha Fegan

India’s social media crackdown is a challenge to the rules-based order

Hugh Piper

Australia’s new government seizes the international bully pulpit

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Ian Hill 21 Jul 2022 03:00

Winter is coming: staying the course on Ukraine

Standing firm against Russia won’t be easy for Western governments faced with Putin’s chokehold on European gas.
Yusaku Yoshikawa 20 Jul 2022 12:00

What a waste! Japan’s food sustainability challenge

Imported food has an environmental cost. And a nationwide effort is needed to drastically cut the amount discarded.
Kyunghoon Kim 20 Jul 2022 05:00

The Indonesia Investment Authority: Jokowi’s trouble-shooter?

Jakarta’s sovereign wealth fund offers investors an attractive way into the country’s booming infrastructure sector.
Sasha Fegan 19 Jul 2022 14:30

India’s social media crackdown is a challenge to the rules-based order

Sweeping new laws raise concerns about free speech and the character of India as an Indo-Pacific power.
Hugh Piper 19 Jul 2022 05:00

Australia’s new government seizes the international bully pulpit

Labor brings a distinct change in rhetoric to foreign and strategic policy. Here are the top five takeaways.
Donna Weeks 18 Jul 2022 13:00

The shadow of Abe

The contentious changes brought about by the former prime minister will be debated for years to come.
Abhijnan Rej 18 Jul 2022 05:00

The Quad needs a futures focus

A better – and public – understanding is needed of the cascading effects of regional challenges.
Jessica Collins 15 Jul 2022 17:00

What happened at the Pacific Islands Forum

A historic hugs and dialling-down regional rivalries. How a week of Pacific diplomacy unfolded.
Henry Storey 15 Jul 2022 10:00

Semut: Australia’s secret war against the Japanese in Borneo

A reconstruction of incomplete archives reveals one of Australia’s most audacious independent special forces operations.

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Long Reads

France can help Albanese fix AUKUS

Alan J. Kuperman

Labor faces a dilemma over nuclear-powered subs and the non-proliferation regime. An old partner might offer an answer.
Resetting Australia’s relationship with the Pacific – three ideas

Anna Gibert

Listen, for a start. Getting down to granular, person-to-person engagement is needed for effective regional diplomacy.
Back in the USSR – surprises in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Tim Harcourt

It’d be funny, if it wasn’t so deadly serious.

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