Pacific Islands links: Cyclone Gita clean-up, tuberculosis in PNG, and New Caledonian referendum
Links and stories from around the Pacific by The Interpreter team.International vulnerabilities and opportunities for Australia’s universities
Universities need to accept their vulnerability to internationalisation in order to prepare students for the future.Seven quick takeaways from Julie Bishop’s speech at King’s College London
The most important foreign policy speech in a year hints how Australia's view has evolved in a short time.Rules of thumb for women leaders in the Pacific, and beyond
A new study reveals the unique pressures faced by women in Pacific politics, with lessons for female politicians everywhere.Defence exports and the Arms Trade Treaty – is Australia missing in action?
Increasing arms sales to countries with records of human rights and gender-based violence is not in the spirit of the ATT.France: more bucks for your bang
A boost to defence spending is a signal France is prepared to lead on major European and global security challenges.Vietnamisation in space: America withdraws from ISS
Could this be the beginning of the end for the US sending humans into space?Aid and development links: the cost of a job, traffic in megacities, and more
Links and stories from across the aid and development sector.China and the military balance
Is it only a matter of time before China replaces the US as the predominant military power in Asia?Sex, Russia ties, and guns debate – what Turnbull takes to Washington
The Prime Minister will need to field awkward questions on his US trip this week.Collaborating with China in Antarctica
Countries should seek to foster scientific cooperation in the areas of ocean and climate research.Weekend catch-up: Pyongyang at PyeongChang, Malaysian election, cobalt in the Congo, and more
The week that was on The Interpreter.How Australia crossed a line in the Timor Sea
Canberra had evidence supporting Indonesia’s claim in maritime boundary negotiations – yet buried it.Central banks changing of the guard
While the tradition of central bank independence is relatively new, the idea has held firm.Sensitivity as Indonesia grapples with a measles outbreak in Papua
An epidemic might be the focus but illustrates a long-term problem across eastern Indonesia.Economic diplomacy brief: Maldives showdown, selling infrastructure and feeding India
Economic news from across Asia.Migration and border policy links: Yemen, life on Manus Island, and more
Links and updates from across the migration and border policy field.Indian Ocean base race: India responds
Access to naval facilities in Oman could see a greater Indian naval presence in the Persian Gulf.Jonghyun and depression in South Korea
The death of a K-pop star has focused attention on the high rate of suicide in South Korea.The Monroe Doctrine revival
The US is again seeking to stamp its authority in Latin America.Pacific Islands links: Cyclone Gita, mines and independence, an African judge in PNG
Links and stories from around the Pacific by The Interpreter team.Assessing global threats
“Killer graphics” are Donald Trump’s preferred method of digesting intelligence.Malaysia’s election – electric and exhausting
Politicians might talk political tactics and leave the public bored, but a real contest is brewing.Olympic détente just another North Korean deceit
While cheerleaders dance in PyeongChang, officials in Pyongyang are pushing ahead with a nuclear and ballistic missile program.Climate change and security and why it’s so hard
The security implications of climate change must become part of Australia’s long-term Asia-Pacific policy.Sanction busting, North Korea–style
China has cracked down on cross-border trade to win extra leverage over its neighbour.Aid and development links: future of US aid, Oxfam under fire, the meaning of resilience, and more
Links from the aid and development field.What to expect at the Melanesian Spearhead Group summit
A Gordian knot of challenges awaits the first MSG leaders meeting in two years.Israel strikes Syria, loses a fighter, and maybe something more
Iran breached a red line by sending a drone into Israel airspace, and the response was swift.China’s cobalt conundrum in Congo
Joseph Kabila’s power grab and violence in Congo may disrupt China’s vital cobalt supply.Weekend catch-up: the cost of bases, Indonesia crime, and a fond farwell
The week that was on The Interpreter.Tech’s unhealthy future
If a popular narrative emerges equating deeper engagement with unhealthy tech addiction, Facebook will not be able to avoid confronting it.Punitive measures: Indonesia’s new draft criminal code
Talk of criminalising homosexual acts and prison terms for adultery has many Indonesians worried.Review: Asia on a knife-edge
A newly released book by John West takes a guarded view of the world’s most promising region.Hong Kong: race-baiting the judiciary
An effort is underway to “other” Hong Kong’s common law system: to portray it as a colonial holdover ripe for replacement.ASEAN: different strokes for different folks, but future should be in sync
Communicating contradictory images and aspirations does not help create a consistent perception of ASEAN among its external partners.Migration and border policy links: Global Compact zero draft, Australia as an innovation nation, and more
Links and updates from across the migration and border policy field.The spectre of a divided Yemen
Throughout the last year, Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi’s control over the south deteriorated.China: the web closes in
Top Chinese officials easily say one thing and do another to fit their vision of deeper party control.Syria: a plan to name and shame chemical weapons suspects
A French initiative, backed by Australia and international organisations, aims to hold supporters of chemical weapons use legally accountable.The tide is turning against US financial regulation
The lessons of the 2008 banking failures look like they have already been forgotten – or erased.Pacific Islands links: Papua tweets, logging in PNG, and more
Links and stories from around the Pacific by The Interpreter team.Shot down over Syria
Vladimir Putin could never countenance anything other than a swift and severe response to Syrian rebels who shot down a Russian Su-25.The clash of values and practice in Australian foreign policy
Nauru is one case where Australia's global interest in promoting democracy is compromised by its specific immigration policy priorities.Base race in the Horn of Africa
New middle powers are creating a multipolar and complex Indian Ocean.America’s two doctrines
Analyst Tom Wright makes a compelling point in a new essay, but there's nothing inevitable about US–China rivalry.ASEAN matters and deserves credit
For all its inconveniences, Australia is overwhelmingly dependent on ASEAN working and working well.The comic opera of Italy’s election
Should Italy turn a shade of populist or nationalist, will we see yet another crisis in Europe?Aid and development links: prizes, bugs, and keeping students in degrees
Links from the aid and development sector.
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