Inside Story

International 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 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 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