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  • 23 May 2023
    • Australia
    • Terrorism
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • International law
    • War Crimes
    • Africa

    It’s time Australia branded Russia’s Wagner Group a terrorist organisation

    Isabella Currie , Matthew Sussex
    A record of abuses in conflicts from Ukraine to Africa makes designating the Russian group the right choice.
  • 22 May 2023
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is spurring a transition of global order

    Ian Hill
    We’re only beginning to grasp the far-reaching ramifications from escalating tensions and economic disruptions caused by Moscow’s belligerence.
  • 15 May 2023
    • Afghanistan
    • China
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Iran
    • Saudi Arabia

    China to the rescue, with peace plans for Saudi, Iran, Russia, Ukraine and Afghanistan – up to a point

    Henry Storey
    These diplomatic gambits all carry a message. But conflict resolution isn’t necessarily the main one.
  • 12 Apr 2023
    • China
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    What does China want in Ukraine?

    Ved Shinde
    Beijing has reservations about Putin’s war, but seeing Moscow take a beating is not in China’s interests.
  • 5 Apr 2023
    • Myanmar
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Human rights
    • International law
    • War Crimes

    What of the Rohingya? The ICC, Ukraine, and limits of “international” justice

    Aakash Chandran , Jennifer Keene-McCann , Emma Palmer
    The International Criminal Court will always be seen as a selective tool unless states agree to decide cases on need.
  • 5 Apr 2023
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Russia’s shifting far right: the war party

    Oleg Ignatov
    A powerful conservative movement in Moscow dictates that Russia only wins if an independent Ukraine ceases to exist.
  • 4 Apr 2023
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • United States

    To help end war in Ukraine, the Quad should back India to engage Russia

    Adarsh Badri
    India might be accused of playing both sides but also has the special relationships to lead a push towards a settlement.
  • 29 Mar 2023
    • Japan
    • Japan's Economy
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Sustainability

    Japan feels the pinch as fertiliser costs soar thanks to Russia’s war

    Yusaku Yoshikawa
    The country has for too long relied on foreign sources without cultivating domestic alternatives.
  • 14 Mar 2023
    • China
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Will China really funnel weapons to Russia through Belarus?

    Nikola Mikovic
    With war on his doorstep, the Belarusian president is juggling Beijing and Moscow to reap the benefits of geography.
  • 3 Mar 2023
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Why does Putin persist?

    Ian Hill
    For all his mistakes, the Russian leader knows the objectives of Ukraine and its Western backers don’t exactly coincide. 
  • 24 Feb 2023
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Russia has already lost. The next year will decide if Ukraine can win

    Bermet Talant
    A revitalised NATO and unflagging Western support will help, but it is still up to Ukraine to defeat the Russian army.
  • 22 Feb 2023
    • China
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Wang Yi’s fruitless diplomacy in Europe

    Michael Clarke
    Beijing misunderstands that Russia’s war in Ukraine – and China’s failure to condemn it – has vastly changed views.
  • 22 Feb 2023
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • War Crimes

    Russia in Ukraine: accountability and global order on the precipice

    Melinda Rankin
    Not since the Second World War has international security been so inseparably tied to the prosecution of atrocity crimes.
  • 14 Feb 2023
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Why North Korea is denying its involvement in Russia’s war in Ukraine

    Khang Vu
    Pyongyang appears to be a reluctant participant in Putin’s brutal offensive in Eastern Europe.
  • 13 Feb 2023
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Ukraine needs tanks – Australia should send some

    Dave Sharma
    The war is entering a new phase and our support needs to keep pace with developments on the ground.
  • 9 Feb 2023
    • Asia
    • Asean
    • China
    • India
    • Laos
    • North Korea
    • Sri Lanka
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • United Nations

    With caution and tact: How Asian countries voted on Ukraine at the UN 

    Stéphanie Fillion
    A resolution forces nations to show their hand. After Russia’s invasion, consistency has not been to everyone’s liking.
  • 3 Feb 2023
    • Central Asia
    • Caucasus
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Russia, Ukraine and the wars of the Soviet succession

    Ian Hill
    Putin’s war is part of the untidy and slow-motion disintegration of the Soviet Union.
  • 12 Jan 2023
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • International law
    • War Crimes

    The hard road to justice for Russian war crimes

    Shaun Cameron
    Prosecution of war crimes in Ukraine are crucial to maintain international law and the peace and security it promotes.
  • 23 Dec 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Review

    How to Interpret 2022: Russia invades Ukraine

    Clare Caldwell
    Vladimir Putin seemed convinced Kyiv would fall in days. We look back at ten months of war.
  • 22 Dec 2022
    • Malaysia
    • Philippines
    • Defence & Security
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Administration

    The Interpreter 2022: Your most-read articles

    The Interpreter
    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominated the year. But readers also wanted to know all about Southeast Asia’s elections.  
  • 20 Dec 2022
    • Ukraine

    Zelenskyy: when the “Lion of Kyiv” addressed the Lowy Institute

    Michael Fullilove
    The anatomy of an interview with a wartime president.
  • 19 Dec 2022
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Christmas in Ukraine: hope, defiance, determination

    Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
    Celebrating under a shadow cast by war.
  • 13 Dec 2022
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Trade
    • Global Issues
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus
    • Environment
    • Transnational Challenges
    • The Americas

    2022: A global turning point

    Ian Hill
    Looking at trends and contours that have coalesced this year to make international politics more contested and unpredictable.
  • 21 Nov 2022
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Ukraine: No end in sight

    Ian Hill
    A ceasefire proposal would likely be rejected as a Russian ploy, yet with winter closing, neither side can expect let up.
  • 9 Nov 2022
    • Asean
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Trade
    • United States

    Countdown to Asia’s summit season

    Susannah Patton
    Conflict in Myanmar and Ukraine against a backdrop of US‑China tension – a crowded agenda will unfold in coming weeks.
  • 19 Oct 2022
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    The banality of Putin’s evil

    Robert Horvath
    Putin is driven by the imperatives of regime security – preserving his kleptocratic rule – not national security.
  • 17 Oct 2022
    • China
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Could China save the world?

    Mark Beeson
    It is difficult to imagine Xi Jinping brokering peace in Ukraine, but if China wants to be respected, this is a chance.
  • 12 Oct 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    If Russia breaks the nuclear taboo

    Robert Ayson
    Would the use of a lower yield atomic weapon really prompt the same catastrophic logic of escalation?
  • 25 Sep 2022
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Ukraine conflict: turning point?

    Ian Hill
    Putin’s new escalatory threats and the near-existential battle for Russia and its president.
  • 20 Sep 2022
    • Central Asia
    • China
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    The war in Ukraine is pushing Central Asia away from Russia

    Bermet Talant
    Russia’s loss has been China’s gain.
  • 1 Sep 2022
    • European Union
    • Germany
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    A new solidarity? Olaf Scholz on the future of Europe

    Marcus Colla
    Acknowledging the continent’s centre is “moving eastwards” marked the German chancellor’s address as visionary, of sorts.
  • 22 Aug 2022
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Six months of war in Ukraine: Europe’s life and fate

    Marcus Colla
    Emotions have inevitably subsided but support for Ukraine remains resolute – enough to dismay Putin-loving populists.
  • 11 Aug 2022
    • China
    • India
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    India and Russia: friends for a reason, friends for a season

    Aarti Betigeri
    Delhi plays a delicate balancing act between self-interest and historical friendship. And it’s all about oil and gas.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Winter is coming: staying the course on Ukraine

    Ian Hill
    Standing firm against Russia won’t be easy for Western governments faced with Putin’s chokehold on European gas.
  • 30 Jun 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Public Opinion

    War fatigue in the West

    Bermet Talant
    The democratic world passed the compassion test for Ukraine. Now it faces the real challenge.
  • 28 Jun 2022
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Syria
    • Türkiye

    How Turkey’s position on Ukraine is further destabilising Syria

    Samy Akil , Alexander Langlois
    Erdoğan wants sanctions relief and is forcing NATO leaders into making an uncomfortable choice.
  • 9 Jun 2022
    • Russia
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
    • Philippines
    • Ukraine

    Thailand seeking to profit from a global food crisis

    Craig Keating
    The war in Ukraine has highlighted weaknesses in Thailand’s policymaking and prompted cartel behaviour … again.
  • 7 Jun 2022
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Is Vladimir Putin sick?

    Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
    What rumours about the Russian president’s health reveal about the Kremlin – and the rest of us.
  • 3 Jun 2022
    • Global Issues
    • Sustainability
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Global food threats: a chicken and egg story

    Vani Swarupa Murali
    “Temporary disruptions” carry a long term risk. But unwinding international supply chains could send farmers backward.
  • 30 May 2022
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    War in Ukraine: Gloomy prospects

    Ian Hill
    What both sides might eventually have to settle for to end the fighting – and when – is far from clear.
  • 27 May 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Ukraine

    Ukraine: The view from Warsaw

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    More than offering neighbourly support, Poland wants to ensure Russia suffers a strategic defeat.
  • 17 May 2022
    • Asia
    • United States
    • Australia
    • India
    • Japan
    • Russia
    • Energy
    • Ukraine

    No Gas: Lessons from Poland and Bulgaria for the Quad

    Angus Houston , Marc Grossman
    The risk of disrupted energy supplies is not only in Europe but a danger in the Indo-Pacific, too.
  • 9 May 2022
    • Syria
    • Russia
    • Türkiye
    • Ukraine

    Turkey’s leverage over Russia – in Syria and beyond

    Nikola Mikovic
    Ankara and Moscow are in an unusual power play where the Kremlin turns a blind eye to actions that aid its adversaries.
  • 3 May 2022
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Ukraine

    European neutrality is dying out

    Daniel Woker
    Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has transformed future security policy arrangements to Russia’s detriment.
  • 2 May 2022
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Transnistria: The next front of the Ukraine war

    David Brewster
    Moscow is stirring tensions in a separatist region in neighbouring Moldova, but its moves may backfire.
  • 29 Apr 2022
    • War Crimes
    • Russia
    • International law
    • Ukraine

    Putting Putin on trial to enforce a price for the powerful

    Shivangi Seth
    Building a just international order must go beyond the interest of a few to foster a true test of global accountability.
  • 22 Apr 2022
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • International law
    • United Nations
    • War Crimes

    Even Putin is not beyond the law

    Donald R Rothwell
    International and domestic justice systems are working in the background to bring accountability in the war on Ukraine.
  • 22 Apr 2022
    • China
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    India-Russia: A friend in need

    Christopher Snedden 
    New Delhi’s reluctance to speak out on Ukraine is also influenced by own ambition in the disputed Kashmir region.
  • 21 Apr 2022
    • Global Economy
    • G20
    • IMF
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Economic diplomacy: After Ukraine, the IMF ponders the future

    Greg Earl
    A decoupling world will still need an old-style cooperative rescue service to repair the economic minefields.
  • 21 Apr 2022
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Rallying around the flag: Domestic support for Putin is holding up

    Ian Hill
    Russians doubt what they are told about the Ukraine conflict yet their view is still shaped by relentless propaganda.
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