15 Nov 2018 6:00
More than words needed to meet the China challenge
There appears to be little evidence of the US preparing itself for a whole-of-nation competition with China.
Long reads
14 Nov 2018 17:00
International broadcasting: raising Australia’s Pacific voice
The solution isn’t to simply transmit, or worse, dump Australian content on unsuspecting regional audiences.
14 Nov 2018 14:00
The challenges facing APEC leaders
A tense geopolitical environment is the backdrop to the upcoming leaders’ summit, with US-China rivalry on display.
14 Nov 2018 12:00
Pacific links: APEC underway, banking on the region, more
The summit comes to Port Moresby, PNG’s health problems in the spotlight, and stories from the Pacific islands region.
14 Nov 2018 11:00
The prospect of a “Trumpier” foreign policy
There is every chance the president will be bolder abroad, in search of wins he believes will help him at home.
14 Nov 2018 6:00
Endgame for Dubai
Dubai’s surface has the qualities of a mirage, still reflecting easy riches but is, in reality, abandoned and uncertain.
13 Nov 2018 16:00
Scoring China’s happiness quest
Data from China challenges assumptions of what indicates a country’s happiness – and allows for interesting comparisons.
13 Nov 2018 13:30
Fiji: elections and the slow path to democracy
Frank Bainimarama is in a far different position to when he controversially seized power in a military coup in 2006.
13 Nov 2018 11:30
Signalling a whole-of-Australia approach to China
A federal system of government actively discourages state participation in foreign policy, this needs to change.
29 Oct 2018 11:30
The last man executed in Singapore, until the next
Singapore doubles down as Malaysia retreats from the death penalty.
22 Oct 2018 6:00
Thawing tensions in the Himalaya
Geopolitics are transforming this influential region politically, culturally, linguistically, and environmentally.
1 Nov 2018 6:00
“Would you like thanks with that?”
Veterans are already well supported before shoehorning an American tradition to Australia and ignores service of others.
19 Oct 2018 11:00
Deciding the future for PNG’s provinces
Bougainville’s independence referendum is on the horizon. The prospect of autonomy in other provinces is also growing.
26 Oct 2018 6:00
Indonesia: populism and politicisation of Islam
The terrorism threat in Southeast Asia fundamentally changed over 15 years, but Indonesian laws struggled to adapt.
22 Oct 2018 11:30
Chinese whispers and Pacific agency
Pacific island countries are well aware of strategic risks, and want the issues that worry them most to be in focus.
31 Oct 2018 16:00
Melbourne joins the Belt-and-Road
Maybe a state-level decision will be a circuit-breaker for Australia’s befuddled approach to China’s signature policy.
14 Nov 2018 17:00
International broadcasting: raising Australia’s Pacific voice
The solution isn’t to simply transmit, or worse, dump Australian content on unsuspecting regional audiences.
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.
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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19 Jul 2018 12:00
“Poor old” China meets “poor young” Africa
Population ageing in China opens a new window for African development – and the wider world should pay attention, too.
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27 Jun 2018 6:00
The photos that go down in history
Theatricality, frisson, an unguarded glimpse behind closed doors – the art of a momentous political photograph.
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22 Jun 2018 12:00
The big clean-up in Malaysia
Political confusion might appear on the surface, yet the new government cannot act without the right people in place.
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5 Jun 2018 15:00
China eyes its next prize – the Mekong
After the South China Sea, Beijing’s “salami slicing” strategy is moving along Southeast Asia’s longest river.
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