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Lauren Williams 20 Nov 2019 11:00

Erdoğan’s treachery can’t sway Trump’s affections

Despite Turkey’s glaring betrayals, the US president gave Recep Erdoğan a glowing welcome last week in Washington.
Jemima Garrett 20 Nov 2019 06:00

China, media freedom in the Pacific, and the great Australian silence

Media freedom issues bedevil the region, but it’s the dwindling number of Pacific-based journalists that carries a cost.
Alyssa Leng , Roland Rajah 19 Nov 2019 14:00

Jokowi’s curious plan for Indonesia’s capital

The Indonesian president’s scheme to move the capital won’t fix Jakarta – or the government.
JJ Rose 19 Nov 2019 12:00

How China is winning the Hong Kong propaganda war

Discredit, attack, and marginalise. Beijing is showing just how to wait out the protests, then turn the tide.
Kelsey Munro 19 Nov 2019 09:00

Globalisation’s next wave: Podcast out now

Economist Richard Baldwin talks about the coming jobs apocalypse in rich countries – and its upside.
Mark Beeson 19 Nov 2019 06:00

Book review: The chance to actually change the climate

Getting something done about global warming might seem a bit too good to be true, but good policy ideas demand action.
Alex Vedovi 18 Nov 2019 17:00

Australia and immigration: Lessons from Reagan’s 1986 US amnesty law

New research suggests that giving legal status to unauthorised immigrants can have multiple positive outcomes.
Syed Fazl-e-Haider 18 Nov 2019 14:00

Shifting alliances in the Gulf a boon to China

Iran’s offer to connect Chabahar port to Pakistan’s Gwadar will frustrate India but might also encourage China.
Henry Gao 18 Nov 2019 06:00

Trade war: From a phase one deal to perpetual peace

How to reconcile deeper ideological differences underlying the US-China conflicts is a far greater challenge.

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Sri Lanka’s election threatens a return to authoritarian rule

Alan Keenan

A looming comeback by the powerful Rajapaksa family stirs fear among minorities and imperils fragile democratic gains.
In conversation: Weak parties, hollow politics, and democratic danger

George Megalogenis , Sam Roggeveen

Could a radical break with Asia be the cost of a growing dislocation of the political parties and the Australian public?
Photo essay: Phnom Penh and China-backed building boom

Simon Roughneen

Towering over low shops and French colonial–era townhouses grows a new city in tribute to the politics of the present.

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Erdoğan’s treachery can’t sway Trump’s affections

How China is winning the Hong Kong propaganda war

Ayodhya verdict and unruly consequences

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Erdoğan’s treachery can’t sway Trump’s affections

China, media freedom in the Pacific, and the great Australian silence

Jokowi’s curious plan for Indonesia’s capital

How China is winning the Hong Kong propaganda war

Globalisation’s next wave: Podcast out now

Book review: The chance to actually change the climate

Australia and immigration: Lessons from Reagan’s 1986 US amnesty law

Shifting alliances in the Gulf a boon to China

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Sri Lanka’s election threatens a return to authoritarian rule

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