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Australia in the Gulf: The order-based rules

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Bougainville: A nation in waiting?

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Aarti Betigeri 23 Aug 2019 06:00

Modi vs Wild: Political survivor

The Indian PM goes to extremes to show off his fearlessness – and to run away from an avalanche of controversy.
Daniel Flitton 22 Aug 2019 14:00

Australia in the Gulf: The order-based rules

Scott Morrison backed the Iran nuclear deal to reinforce “the rules-based international system”, only to be Trumped.
Ooi Kok Hin 22 Aug 2019 11:00

In Malaysia, flipping over the script

Proposed changes to a school textbook have sparked a public debate that goes to the heart of national identity.
Alexandre Dayant 22 Aug 2019 10:30

Aid links: Ebola drugs, Mugabe’s economic legacy, Trump cuts, more

News stories from across the aid and development sector
Ben Bohane 22 Aug 2019 06:00

Bougainville: A nation in waiting?

With an independence referendum looming, Australia’s interest is seeing this long-running issue resolved peacefully.
Rodger Shanahan 21 Aug 2019 15:00

The reluctant coalition

Australia will back the US and join a maritime force in the Persian Gulf, but with no rush to deploy – which is telling.
Cameron Sumpter 21 Aug 2019 13:00

After the attack: Supporting victims of terrorism in Indonesia

The country's revised anti-terrorism law is a step in the right direction, but it needs to go much further.
Sarah Logan 21 Aug 2019 10:30

Battleground states: Twitter and Facebook ban Chinese-linked accounts

It’s not only the complications of international politics here, but the commercial desire to keep platforms “social”.
Allan Behm 21 Aug 2019 06:00

Houses divided

In Australia – and in a world in thrall to populists – political and business elites need to talk to each other.

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Long Reads

Balancing act: China’s nationalist consumer boycotts

Elliott Zaagman

Outbursts of patriotic consumer outrage has become an increasing risk for foreign businesses in China.
The guessing game for Singapore’s elections

Kirsten Han

The scramble for the ballot box where the boundaries are redrawn at every election and the PM controls the timing.
Remembering the Moonwalk

Morris Jones

It was the moment humans first stepped on another world, yet after the Apollo missions, why haven’t people been back?

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Mica Barreto Soares 16 Aug 2019 16:00

Timor-Leste, 20 years on

What does development look like, two decades after starting over?
Trinh Le 16 Aug 2019 13:30

The Vanguard Bank standoff shows China remains undeterred

Coercion rather than conciliation is Beijing’s preferred tactic in South China Sea disputes.
Kate Walton 19 Aug 2019 06:00

Indonesia should put more energy into renewable power

Blackouts and chronic air pollution in a nation with abundant sources of clean energy makes no economic sense.
Alexander M. Hynd, Alexine Sanchez 19 Aug 2019 12:30

Japan’s imperial ghosts lurk well beyond Korea

Will Tokyo’s tough stance against recent rulings in Seoul deter claims from other Asian countries?
Donald R Rothwell 20 Aug 2019 12:30

Is the notion of the United States acquiring Greenland that absurd?

The trade in territory is not without precedent and the growing power contest over the Arctic is little appreciated.
Teesta Prakash 19 Aug 2019 15:00

Narendra Modi’s nudge diplomacy

India’s Prime Minister appears set on a renewed mission to woo the neighbours – bar one – into seeing the world his way.

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