17 Dec 2018 16:00
US-China tensions: is this about economics or security?
The challenge might seem to be China’s economic behaviour rather than old-fashioned power rivalry.
Long reads
17 Dec 2018 13:00
How much autonomy is too much when it comes to waging war?
The use of autonomous weapons in war raises concerns on humanitarian consequences and the application of law.
17 Dec 2018 12:30
Responses to Australia’s Israel capital decision
How the world reacted to Scott Morrison’s decision to formally recognise West Jerusalem Israel’s capital.
17 Dec 2018 6:00
Populism, poison, and The Party: the big stories of 2018
The year 2018 was a killer, here’s what came across The Interpreter’s desk.
15 Dec 2018 7:00
Weekend catch-up: Huawei arrests and Australia’s Iran policy
Indian politics, drone warfare and encryption laws: the week that was on the Interpreter.
14 Dec 2018 14:30
Collective Rage: Gilets Jaunes in France and elsewhere
Inordinate hatred coming from seemingly ordinary citizens is indicative of a wider trend – and a bleak European future.
14 Dec 2018 13:00
Australia jostles over its Iran policy
The Jerusalem embassy debate has overshadowed a potential shift in Australia’s longstanding independent stance on Iran.
14 Dec 2018 6:00
Answering the question: should South Korea accept refugees?
The arrival of hundreds of Yemeni asylum seekers in South Korea has produced a strange alliance in opposition.
13 Dec 2018 17:00
What went wrong? Taiwan fails to legalise same-sex marriage
Foreign influence helped scupper a bid to be the first Asian nation to formally legalise gay marriage.
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.
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.
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?
23 Nov 2018 6:00
From the high horse: Malaysia’s problematic track record
Mahathir’s portrait of racial harmony in Malaysia is inspiring – except, of course, for being demonstrably false.
7 Dec 2018 10:30
Indonesia has a stake in Australia’s Lombrum plans too
The Australian debate over the Lobrum naval base almost entirely ignores Indonesia.
21 Nov 2018 16:00
Timor-Leste: refining agreements in the Greater Sunrise
Timor-Leste’s sees a purchase of US energy group ConocoPhilips’s stake in Greater Sunrise as a “seat at the table”.
29 Nov 2018 6:00
International justice: tackling impunity in Asia
Trials in Cambodia, while fraught, may help deliver accountability for crimes against humanity across the region.
23 Nov 2018 14:30
Time we heard the Pacific’s take on the Pacific
Should we really lament the passing of the old-fashioned foreign correspondent, or take a chance for something new?
21 Nov 2018 14:00
The growing attention on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
New Delhi has been increasing its military presence in recognition of the islands’ strategic value.
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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