How the IMF evaluates the Asian financial crisis
The tone of IMF Deputy Managing Director Mitsuhiro Furusawa is one of quiet satisfaction. But a different narrative can be told.Separating out important intelligence reforms from Home Affairs
The 2017 Intelligence Review was necessary and its recommendations are pertinent and strong.Politics and policy meet in new Home Affairs Department
The Dutton appointment has given an element of domestic political intrigue to the Prime Minister’s announcement.China sees the West behind Liu Xiaobo
Social media posts by Chinese people around the world suggest the idea that the West has some role in Liu Xiaobo’s downfall has traction.Defence exports to the Gulf: No price on values
We should always be clear-headed about the degree to which it is our interests, rather than shared values, that tie us to states in the Gulf.Why Australia might be on the right encryption-cracking track
Australia may prove to be the test case for a policy solution that has far reaching consequences for privacy, technological development and the future of law enforcement operations.Trump in Warsaw, Hamburg and Paris
In three European cities, we've witnessed a variety of reactions to a US president unlike any the world has seen before.Jokowi’s bungled ban of Hizbut Tahrir
The proposed ban on HTI looks very much like an abuse of state power for political aims.Pakistan’s political turmoil
Prime Minister Sharif has made it clear he wants to fight to the end, whatever the consequences. In such a fluid situation, army intervention can't be ruled out.Aid and development links: Kenyan elections, the SDGs, aid systems and more
A basic income trial in Kenya, the fascinating and lucrative relationship between North Korea and Africa, how the aid system needs to change and more.The G20 Hamburg riots and the German election
The G20 riots in Hamburg have raised a number of pertinent political questions about domestic security and political extremism in Germany.An Australian Space Agency: Will History Repeat?
Australia has punched well below its weight in space for decades.Weekend catch-up: Missile tech, naval exercises, Liu Xiaobo and more
What to do about North Korea's nuclear weapons program, how the US is ceding its position as leader of the global economic order, PNG's election and more.Australia’s shameful silence on Liu Xiaobo
Liu was one of thousands of political prisoners in China. Australia should not let his death pass without challenging Beijing on his mistreatment.PNG elections: EAC resignations suggest poor preparations
If the EAC is an important element in the governance framework, why was its formation left so late?Malabar 17 exercise: The China subtext
Malabar 17 comes as China’s naval presence in the Indian Ocean is showing signs of a qualitative shift.The end of martial law: An important anniversary for Taiwan
When martial law ended on 15 July, 1987, people began the fraught and intricate task of speaking truths silenced by Taiwan’s coercive state.Migration and border policy links: Regional Australia, irregular channels, Philippine migration policy and more
Manus Island's transit centre, the shortcomings of Britain's asylum support system, Greek islands at breaking point and more.Trump's Warsaw speech: Heed the message, not the messenger
In the uproar over Trump’s speech, is it the borders and civilizations that are resented, or the political duties they imply?
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