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Daniel Flitton 9 Dec 2019 06:00

Favourites of 2019: Slow Horses on Spook Street

What better way to understand the upside-down world of today than with fiction masquerading as fact?
Lydia Khalil 6 Dec 2019 14:30

Sistani: The (not-so) hidden hand behind Iraqi politics

The influential Shiite cleric has avoided formal participation in government, but what he does now could be critical.
Nicholas Gruen 6 Dec 2019 13:00

We’ve already had Our Very Own Brexit

Instead of munching popcorn at the political theatre, citizens’ assemblies would give the community a chance to reflect.
John West 6 Dec 2019 11:30

For all the focus on Asia’s high achievers, the laggards are many

China led the education rankings, but an ageing population and gap with Southeast Asia might mark down the whole region.
Ian Li 6 Dec 2019 06:00

How many Cold Wars does it take to make a “new” one?

In the divide between capitalist West and communist East, it was often regional politics that mattered more.
The Interpreter 5 Dec 2019 14:30

Chart of the week: Data, data, everywhere

Any day, every day, we leave an electronic trail. How much, you ask? Look and see.
Greg Earl 5 Dec 2019 14:00

Economic diplomacy: Free trade disputes, WTO appeals, DFAT on China

A shortage of judges on the WTO trade court is bringing appeals to a halt, just as trade disputes are on the rise.
Samuel Bashfield 5 Dec 2019 10:30

Diego Garcia: The costs of defending an Indian Ocean outpost

Australian support for Britain’s contentious Chagos sovereignty claim risks delegitimising its South China Sea policy.
Milton Osborne 5 Dec 2019 07:00

What I said then, what I think now: The Khmer Rouge Tribunal

Progress has been lamentably slow, but a decade on, benefits can be seen in Cambodians learning this terrible history.

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Nicholas Gruen

Instead of munching popcorn at the political theatre, citizens’ assemblies would give the community a chance to reflect.
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From the South China Sea to the Rohingya crisis, Saifuddin Abdullah speaks to Lowy’s Ben Bland on Asia’s big challenges.
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.

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How many Cold Wars does it take to make a “new” one?

Economic diplomacy: Free trade disputes, WTO appeals, DFAT on China

What I said then, what I think now: The Khmer Rouge Tribunal

Explore

Favourites of 2019: Slow Horses on Spook Street

Sistani: The (not-so) hidden hand behind Iraqi politics

We’ve already had Our Very Own Brexit

For all the focus on Asia’s high achievers, the laggards are many

How many Cold Wars does it take to make a “new” one?

Chart of the week: Data, data, everywhere

Economic diplomacy: Free trade disputes, WTO appeals, DFAT on China

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