13 Dec 2018 12:00
Playing the hostage card: the Meng Wanzhou & Michael Kovrig cases
China’s tit-for-tat diplomacy with Canada has a recent precedent, yet Donald Trump is hardly helping.
Long reads
13 Dec 2018 11:00
Competing shades of saffron in Indian politics
Recent strife in the city of Ayodhya must be seen as an omen of a shifting political agenda ahead of India’s elections.
13 Dec 2018 6:00
Disruptors disrupted: Australia’s new encryption law
Law enforcement and technology companies are battling over the privacy implications of contentious new laws.
12 Dec 2018 16:00
Meng Wanzhou: China’s “tantrum diplomacy” and Huawei
China’s technology firms are paying the price for its conduct.
12 Dec 2018 12:30
The true cost of fast fashion
Moves by countries such as Australia to adopt modern slavery laws are a small start in tackling a big global problem.
12 Dec 2018 10:30
Pacific links: call to close bases, deep sea struggles, more
Plus money for regional infrastructure, Fiji election results, and links from the Pacific islands region.
12 Dec 2018 6:00
How Australia should deepen ties with India
From Kohli to coal exports, Australia is reconsidering India’s potential as a key economic and geopolitical partner.
11 Dec 2018 15:30
US killing by drone: continuity and escalation
The US use of drones in “targeted killings” has grown under Donald Trump, continuing Barack Obama’s legacy.
11 Dec 2018 14:30
Brexit deal debate reveals dark side to EU diplomacy
Reactions provoked by the mooted deal provide analysts with rich insight into some of the forces now at play in Europe.
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.
16 Nov 2018 6:00
Indonesia’s election: Jokowi vs Prabowo
The campaign patterns are already clear, with Jokowi’s steady-as-you-go message up against Prabowo’s nationalist pitch.
15 Nov 2018 14:00
Chipping away at trust in democracy
Without a greater level of political care, threats to the brittle foundations of democracy will grow.
19 Nov 2018 15:30
Conflict, romance, and PNG: the APEC Summit
For the first time in the summit’s history, leaders failed to agree on a final communique, but plenty else happened.
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.
24 Nov 2018 7:00
Weekend catch-up: APEC wash-up, Cambodia’s genocide ruling, more
Health security woes, China squeezes Australian farmers, and the Andaman islands: the week that was on The Interpreter.
20 Nov 2018 6:00
Cambodia’s genocide verdict: better late than never
The Khmer Rouge trials reinforce the criminality of the Pol Pot regime but the glacial pace leaves much to be desired
22 Nov 2018 16:00
Barley and bases: China stings Australian farmers
China has launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of barley from Australia – agriculture or politics?
26 Nov 2018 6:00
Feminism and femininity in Xi Jinping’s “New Era”
It has been a bad year for feminist ideas and activism in China.
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.
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16 Oct 2018 6:00
The corridor of power
The remote Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan was central to the Silk Road, Great Game, and Cold War – now China has plans.
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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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