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Claire Young

Opportunity lost: Australia’s Antarctic aerodrome cancelled

Anouk Ride

Honiara as the smoke subsides

David Brewster

Maldives: India first or India out?

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Ian Hill 29 Nov 2021 11:30

The Kremlin may be tiring of the impasse in eastern Ukraine

In upping the ante, Putin might see a chance to break the deadlock while Europe is distracted and the US preoccupied.
Syed Fazl-e-Haider 29 Nov 2021 06:00

The Doha accord and Taliban legitimacy

Afghanistan’s new government has a full deck of cards to play in the security concerns of regional neighbours.
Claire Young 26 Nov 2021 12:00

Opportunity lost: Australia’s Antarctic aerodrome cancelled

If the Antarctic Treaty System does fail, this decision may be regretted. The challenge now is to ensure it does not.
Anouk Ride 26 Nov 2021 11:00

Honiara as the smoke subsides

The riots in Solomon Islands this week follow a pattern of past unrest – yet with important symbolic differences, too.
Mark Tilly 26 Nov 2021 06:00

Trouble on the Mekong

Countries along one of Asia’s longest rivers need to address the effects of climate change and overdevelopment.
Mihai Sora 25 Nov 2021 12:30

Dark days for Honiara in the shadow of geopolitics

Solomon Islands finds itself tangled in a web of deep grievances and duelling powers keen to curry favour.
Martin Weiser 25 Nov 2021 06:00

North Korea: Law, but not as we know it

Authoritarian leaders do not allow the final supremacy of courts but even a patina of legal function helps cement rule.
Simon Cotton 24 Nov 2021 13:30

Paul Keating may be the “Grand Appeaser”, but is he wrong?

The lessons of history are many and few are simple. Empty threats can be just as damaging to a country’s reputation.
Aarti Betigeri 24 Nov 2021 10:00

India, China cop finger pointing in climate politics

It really depends on your perspective as to who deserves blame for a disappointing process in Glasgow.

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Long Reads

The revenge of the Scholzomat

Marcus Colla

After a lifetime in the wings, Olaf Scholz’ moment has come. But the task ahead is daunting.
Cautiously optimistic: Chinese students keen to get back to Australia

Anna Boucher , Elisa Choy

A data analysis of internet sources from within mainland China shows positive sentiment towards education in Australia.
Would a war over Taiwan be legal?

Ben Saul

International law defines statehood and provides the rules of war, but ambiguities abound in the case of Taiwan.

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More hot air? Climate diplomacy and COP26

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