20 Feb 2019 10:00
Aid links: calls for Australia first, the upside of dengue, more
Why refugees cutting down trees has led to strife in Uganda, plus more stories from the aid and development sector.
Long reads
20 Feb 2019 6:00
India: another five years of Modi?
The tea-seller turned prime minister may see another term in office despite lacklustre domestic and foreign policy.
19 Feb 2019 14:30
Repatriating female foreign fighters: political not personal
Many foreign women who join ISIS were not duped or coerced. It is time to recognise Shamima Begum’s agency.
19 Feb 2019 10:30
Polls apart: how Australian views have changed on “boat people”
Charged atmospherics over border security has plenty guessing about public attitudes, but the numbers tell a story, too.
19 Feb 2019 6:00
Indonesia’s domestically focused foreign policy
It is unlikely that Indonesia’s seat on the Security Council will see it take a stance on foreign policy issues.
18 Feb 2019 15:30
Indonesia’s election debates: there’s substance in the style
The televised debates bring the campaign to a country that has only been practising democracy for 20 years.
18 Feb 2019 14:00
Pulwama attack: more questions than answers
India’s retaliation against Pakistan is predictable, and not at all effective in tackling sources of Kashmir’s strife.
18 Feb 2019 11:30
One casualty of Jolo bombing: Indonesian-Philippine trust
The eagerness to blame Indonesians for the cathedral attack sets back regional cooperation, exactly when most needed.
18 Feb 2019 6:00
Mark Zuckerberg and the revolt of the public
The social media network is a battleground in a sociopolitical conflict, prompting fractures and heresies within elites.
25 Jan 2019 6:00
The dark harvest of Chinese “black ships”
Strange behaviour by Chinese vessels in the South China Sea cannot be attributed simply to militarisation.
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.
22 Jan 2019 15:00
The fate of three Canadians may now rest with Donald Trump
Beijing can justifiably be concerned about the detention of a citizen, but not hold foreigners in arbitrary retaliation.
30 Jan 2019 10:00
What is the F-35 for, exactly?
Australia’s first two new stealth fighters have taken to local skies. Now what?
24 Jan 2019 12:00
China cabinet: black swans, grey rhinos, an elephant in the room
A rare acknowledgement of economic risk, the detention of Yang Hengjun, and the changing air around Xi Jinping.
1 Feb 2019 12:00
US, Taliban, Afghanistan peace talks: timing is critical
Should the US agree to a full pull-out of its troops, Afghanistan may fall into the chaos of the past.
1 Feb 2019 6:00
Malaysia and China: breaking up is hard to do
Mahathir’s promise to scrap or renegotiate “unequal” infrastructure deals with Beijing – a plan easier said than done.
25 Jan 2019 10:00
Do away with Australia Day, celebrate Republic Day instead
There is no need to reach back to history to find an excuse to celebrate. Australia should make history.
30 Jan 2019 6:00
Australia’s new Pacific Czar
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s new Office of the Pacific is a sign of the step up being made real.
21 Nov 2018 16:00
Timor-Leste: refining agreements in the Greater Sunrise
Timor-Leste’s sees a purchase of US energy group ConocoPhilips’s stake in Greater Sunrise as a “seat at the table”.
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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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