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Sri Lanka attacks: Still many puzzles to solve

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Seeing what you want in Belt and Road

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Coal comfort: Australia-India ties after the elections

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Rodger Shanahan 23 Apr 2019 13:00

Sri Lanka attacks: Still many puzzles to solve

If NTJ is responsible for this complex, multi-target suicide attack, it probably got external help.
Kerryn Baker 23 Apr 2019 06:00

The surprising sameness of the Solomons elections

There is a new normal for Solomon Islands politics – a fund of money makes sitting MPs much stronger than historically.
The Interpreter 18 Apr 2019 16:00

The Interpreter is taking a break for Easter

We’ll be back Tuesday 23 April with more insights into the world.
Nick Bisley 18 Apr 2019 14:30

Seeing what you want in Belt and Road

China’s sprawling infrastructure program has become a test of attitudes that tells us more about the analyst than BRI.
Melissa Crouch 18 Apr 2019 13:00

Don’t rely on luck: making the most of the FTA with Indonesia

It is time to put Indonesian back on the priority list of languages to be studied in Australia.
Nargis Azaryun, Susan Hutchinson 18 Apr 2019 10:30

US-Taliban negotiations: marginalising women is no path to peace

Major problems confound the Afghanistan peace talks and risk the democratic and human rights gains made over 17 years.
Ian Hall 18 Apr 2019 06:00

Coal comfort: Australia-India ties after the elections

A last minute approval for the controversial Adani coal mine has brought Australia-India relations into the campaign.
Alexandre Dayant 17 Apr 2019 14:30

Follow the money: how foreign aid spending tells of Pacific priorities

Donor countries, be it Australia or China, illustrate their regional interests by where they choose to put their cash.
Daniel Woker 17 Apr 2019 13:30

Notre Dame: the day after the big fire

A first-hand look at the destruction leads to wonder if people will appreciate connections more than differences?

Long Reads

Plugging in PNG: electricity, partners and politics

Shane McLeod

A big plan to connect 70% of the country to power by 2030 grabbed headlines. Delivering is the true challenge.
The greatest British political crisis of modern times

Lawrence Freedman

For all the talk, the Brexit debate has barely moved beyond how to get out of the EU, let alone tackle the big issues.
The case to prosecute “jihadi brides” at home

Lydia Khalil

Women played a key role in ISIS – while there are dangers, countries have a responsibility to see justice done.

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Ben Bland 3 Apr 2019 14:30

The mind-boggling challenge of Indonesia’s election logistics

800,000 polling stations, six million election workers, and the most complicated single-day ballot in global history.
Renee Jeffery 26 Mar 2019 06:00

Taking transitional justice to Cambodia’s youth

Decades after Khmer Rouge, reparations could not be afforded to its victims. So justice is looking at Cambodia’s youth.
Nic Maclellan 29 Mar 2019 10:00

Ignoring international law in the Blue Pacific

Colonised peoples have rights to resources, on land and in the oceans, and this must be recognised.
Robert E Kelly 1 Apr 2019 06:00

As South Korea and Japan pick a fight, don’t expect Trump to care

Washington often been an informal umpire for the depressingly regular spats between Seoul and Tokyo – not this time.
Richard Moore 25 Mar 2019 10:00

Reset required for DFAT-AusAID integration

The promised magic to align aid with interests hasn’t actually materialised as power has shifted from the old aid club.
Bec Strating 26 Mar 2019 14:30

The strategic consequence of the Chagos Islands legal dispute

When Britain leased Diego Garcia to the US to become a Cold War military base, did it have sovereign rights to do so?