Susanne Schmeidl, Astri Suhrke 18 Sep 2019 15:00 Afghanistan – what’s next? Talks or not, none of the scenarios for the immediate future of Afghanistan are good.
Purnendra Jain, Takeshi Kobayashi 18 Sep 2019 13:00 Abe’s new cabinet includes a rising star and putative Prime Minister Koizumi is a famous name in Japanese politics, and Shinjiro, son of the former PM, is capturing plenty of headlines.
Daniel Flitton 18 Sep 2019 10:00 A White House dinner for two: A tell-tale of tweets and transcripts Ahead of a Washington rendezvous, Donald Trump and Scott Morrison revel in their own words.
Melissa Conley Tyler, Mitchell Vandewerdt-Holman 18 Sep 2019 06:00 Korea-Japan tensions, as seen in the suburbs of Brisbane When Toowong briefly hit the headlines in South Korea, it signalled another test for Australia’s regional engagement.
Rodger Shanahan 17 Sep 2019 14:00 Raising the stakes in the Gulf’s game of reprisals With global energy markets rattled, the tit-for-tat exchanges have reached a new level.
John Fitzgerald 17 Sep 2019 12:00 Gladys Liu and the pitfalls of cultural anxiety Fraught relations with China could affect Chinese-Australians for generations to come.
Peter McCawley 17 Sep 2019 10:00 Habibie’s legacy of Reformasi in Indonesia In his brief term as president, BJ Habibie made significant changes in the country.
Guteriano Neves 17 Sep 2019 06:00 In Timor-Leste, a big set of challenges Two decades after gaining independence, Timor-Leste needs a long-term strategy for sustainable economic development.
Alexandra Wake 16 Sep 2019 14:00 So-called media abundance still leaves blind spots with our neighbours Even in the age of 24/7 news, governments are good at keeping the cameras away from persecuted communities.
Graeme Smith 12 Sep 2019 06:00 The wisdom of Solomons: Taiwan and China’s Pacific power play Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare offers an insight on the whys and why nots of diplomatic recognition.
Greg Earl 12 Sep 2019 13:00 Economic diplomacy: Indonesian trade, ADB v BRI and Chinese money Indonesia’s economic growth might not be spectacular, but it is the world’s most stable – and that helps Australia.
Marcus Colla 13 Sep 2019 06:00 Book review: Hitler’s Anglo-Saxon envy A new biography argues the German dictator’s true obsession was to find a way to compete with the US and Great Britain.
Ian Parmeter 12 Sep 2019 11:00 Will Israeli voters give Bibi a “get out of jail” card? The corruption allegations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are the subtext to the elections on 17 September.
Merriden Varrall 13 Sep 2019 12:30 The Arab Spring echoes as Tunisia faces the test of democracy The presidential race has brought out a combative range of candidates, prying apart an already divided electorate.
Gordon Peake 16 Sep 2019 06:00 Quiet and unquiet graves: letter from Port Moresby What ghostly memorials of a distant past tell us about the present.