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Glass half full in Washington
Michael Jacobs
27 April 2025
America played a less destructive role than feared at last week’s spring meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
International
Mark Carney’s slipstream campaign
Jonathan Malloy
21 April 2025
Canada’s Liberals enter the final week of the election campaign with plenty of help from south of the border
International
Two countries, two fiscal crises
Michael Gill
11 April 2025
Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are responding to a similar problem in dramatically different ways
International
Oh, for the good old days?
Michael Barr
9 April 2025
A looming general election is highlighting the shortcomings of Singapore’s current generation of leaders
International
The influencer
Antonia Finnane
21 March 2025
The expulsion of social media’s “Yaya” has put a spotlight on the fine line between free speech and sedition in Taiwan
International
Out of the woodchipper
Michael Jacobs
13 March 2025
At least one of its rivals will be rubbing its hands at Washington’s retreat from foreign aid and international institutions
International
“I’m most useful in a crisis. I’m not that good in peacetime.”
Jonathan Malloy
11 March 2025
Can a former central banker use Donald Trump’s threats to pull off a shock win for Canada’s Liberals?
International
The second time as tragedy
Rodney Tiffen
4 March 2025
The Trump administration is going to extraordinary lengths to undermine the system’s capacity to check presidential actions
International
A brick can last a thousand years
Peter Mares
3 March 2025
One of the architects of London’s council housing renaissance has ideas for Australia
International
What’s new in Germany?
Klaus Neumann
27 February 2025
And — following the weekend’s election — what’s eerily familiar?
International
Welcome to the age of strategic chaos
Mark Edele
25 February 2025
All bets are off as Europe comes to terms with the second Trump administration
International
Hungarian playbook
Peter Browne
21 February 2025
The American far right’s romance with a small Central European country continues
International
“Old firm,” continuing challenges
Michael Leach
21 February 2025
In an anniversary year, Timor-Leste is clocking up foreign policy successes but facing domestic challenges
International
Lives on the line
Peter Mares
14 February 2025
Spooked by the rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, Keir Starmer’s Labour government has toughened its border policies
International
Yet, look at the chaos
Robin Jeffrey
3 February 2025
History collided with the ambitions of Narendra Modi’s government at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
International
The Hindutva bus rolls on
Robin Jeffrey
28 January 2025
Despite a bumpy year for India, Narendra Modi’s BJP shows signs of an electoral bounce
International
Muddied waters
Hamish McDonald
13 January 2025
Behind a veneer of optimism, Australia’s strategic establishment is watching Donald Trump nervously
International
Kartlis Deda’s sword
Danica Jenkins
13 January 2025
The Georgian government’s overreach has galvanised opponents of its authoritarian turn
International
First casualty?
Jonathan Malloy
6 January 2025
Donald Trump’s trade threat has brought to a head the unrest within Justin Trudeau’s government
International
Dronesplaining
Jane Goodall
19 December 2024
Whatever’s going on in the American skies, the action on the ground is worth exploring
International
L’état, c’est moi!
Brett Evans
18 December 2024
A new documentary featuring leaked interrogation footage shows Israel’s PM under pressure
International
The fall of the house of Assad
Ross Burns
14 December 2024
A former Damascus-based diplomat watched from afar Syria’s long fight to shake off a brutal dynasty
International
Russia’s failed Syrian bluff
Mark Edele
11 December 2024
Is Vladimir Putin’s global strategy about to collapse under its own weight?
International
You can’t negotiate on an empty stomach
Nic Maclellan
6 December 2024
A government collapses in Paris, and the shockwaves extend as far as Nouméa
International
Labor goes one way, Israel the other
Tony Walker
6 December 2024
Australia’s vote on Gaza this week highlights a decades-long shift in the major parties’ attitudes towards Israel
International
The Keir Starmer conundrum
David Hayes
25 November 2024
British Labour’s early missteps are sullying its promise of renewal. The prime minister, unmoved, is reaching for the stars
International
Neither triumph nor Trumped
Michael Jacobs
25 November 2024
Another cliffhanger climate conference achieves a kind of progress
International
One country, one system
Mark Baker
22 November 2024
Once again Britain stands by while China breaches the two countries’ agreement on Hong Kong
International
Who governs the climate?
Michael Jacobs
21 November 2024
While COP29 meets in Baku G20 leaders have been making their own decisions in Rio
International
Not only did Harris lose…
Peter Brent
18 November 2024
With the results near-final, what do we now know about the shifting preferences of American voters?
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