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9 Dec 2019 15:30

The celebratory Bougainville referendum – stories from Siwai

Kylie McKenna , Augusta Ariku , Emelda Ariku , Lieberth Sam , Anthony Siniku

Bamboo bands, drums, and groups of women singing and dancing are the backdrop as Bougainville decides its future.
9 Dec 2019 14:00

India and Australia: Reciprocity, mutuality, and promise

Mukund Narayanamurti , Danielle Rajendram

A former senior diplomat is crafting an economic strategy for India to deal with Australia – a first for India.
9 Dec 2019 12:30

Plus ça change – NATO summitry in the age of Trump

Gorana Grgic

A septuagenarian alliance still struggles to find common voice in what it aspires to be.

News and Media

China accelerates drive for global soft power

Straits Times

Donald Trump’s agenda in Asia is a mystery

The Economist

Teen betrays fellow Aussie jihadis

The Australian

Admiral Harry Harris firms as likely US ambassador to Australia

The Australian

Asia braces for Trump's trade trash talk

CNN

What is happening on Manus Island? The detainee crisis explained

New York Times

China, South Korea end year-long diplomatic feud over missile system

CNN

Chinese community calls for action after students attacked in Canberra

Sydney Morning Herald

Did the world get Aung San Suu Kyi wrong?

New York Times

Bashing of Chinese student in Canberra threatens Australia's image: newspaper

Sydney Morning Herald

Video: Thailand's new king

BBC News

A foreign affair

ABC RN Saturday Extra

With Mattis in Manila, Duterte decides it’s time to boost ties with Russia and China

Washington Post

Despite the conspiracies, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are going backwards fast

ABC

China accelerates drive for global soft power

Financial Times

Singapore's delicate balancing act between the US and China

CNN

Xi tightens grip on China as name added to Communist constitution, joining Mao and Deng

Singapore Today

Indonesia demands explanation after US refuses entry to military chief Gatot Nurmantyo

Sydney Morning Herald

Indonesian military chief General Gatot Nurmantyo denied entry to US

ABC News

Is this the end of Islamic State?

SBS News

Myanmar, once a hope for democracy, is now a study in how it fails

New York Times

Julie Bishop reveals 'unprecedented' letter from North Korea, says pressure is working

Sydney Morning Herald

Did North Korea display fake missiles during a military parade?

Snopes

Abe offers stability – and in Japan, that’s sufficient

Washington Post

Fact check: Does Myanmar's military have absolute freedom to do what it wishes?

ABC Fact Check

Lydia Khalil on Q&A

ABC Q&A

Islamic State militants giving up the fight

ABC RN PM

Fiji deportees to China were sex workers - source

Radio New Zealand

Trump gets Seoul

ABC RN The World Today

France and Australia have a common interest in Pacific peace

ABC RN AM

Chinese nationals deported from Fiji

ABC RN Background Briefing

Retail slump clouds growth, rates prospects

The Australian

RBA may not wait for inflation to pick up before hiking rates: John Edwards

The Australian

RBA May Hike Rates Despite Below-Target Inflation, Edwards Says

Bloomberg Quint

Australia to fit warships with anti-missile defense systems

Reuters

In the studio with Dr John Edwards

ABC News 24 The Business

Scott Morrison's choice: 'If Donald Trump jumped off a cliff, would you?'

Sydney Morning Herald

Australia sends two frigates for military operations with South Korean Navy

ABC RN AM

US probes nuclear-armed North Korea’s willingness to talk

Japan Times

Has Washington forgotten about us? One year passes with no US ambassador to Australia

ABC News

Interview: Lydia Khalil

ABC Lateline

Pakistan will ‘neither sabotage nor support’ US interests in Afghanistan: Lowy Institute report

Daily Pakistan

War with North Korea can be avoided: Julie Bishop

Australian Financial Review

A decade after the global financial crisis, we're still not back to normal

Sydney Morning Herald

A fairer Australia can help stave off populist backlash, Labor frontbencher says

The Guardian

Spies and a magic weapon: Why are Australia, NZ so suspicious of China?

South China Morning Post

Matt Brown wins the 2017 Lowy Institute Media Award

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Matt Brown wins the 2017 Lowy Institute Media Award

Media release

The Lowy Institute is delighted to announce Matt Brown as the winner of the 2017 Lowy Institute Media

That queasy feeling Down Under

New York Times

Myanmar's military: The power Aung San Suu Kyi can't control

CNN

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