International
Enemies of the people
Klaus Neumann
15 December 2020
A sharp rise in Covid-19 cases shows how a small minority is exercising outsized influence in Germany
International
New Caledonia’s triple opportunity
Nic Maclellan
10 December 2020
After weeks of protests, the Goro nickel smelter is up for grabs. Independence groups see the outcome as vital for the French dependency’s future
International
Another populist moment?
Brett Meyer
10 December 2020
What do Covid-19 and the defeat of Donald Trump mean for right-wing authoritarians around the world?
International
Small force, great weight
Benjamin Reilly
27 November 2020
Could preferential voting be an “Archimedean lever of change” for American politics?
International
Joe Biden’s foreign policy dilemma
Barbara Keys
24 November 2020
Will the new president do more than simply return to the policies of the past?
International
Cancelling Bismarck
Klaus Neumann
18 November 2020
Black Lives Matter, a princess from Zanzibar and Germany’s “memorial hygiene”
International
Two Americas, one existential crisis
Nicole Hemmer
10 November 2020
Red America and Blue America have become much more than clichés
International
Tracking the transition
Lesley Russell
10 November 2020
What needs to happen during Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s journey from win to White House?
International
Restoring American democracy, one step at a time
Nicole Hemmer
5 November 2020
With a narrow Biden win looking increasingly likely, what are the prospects for progress on the issues that matter?
International
America’s long wait
Lesley Russell
4 November 2020
In the absence of a clear result on election night, Donald Trump began pursuing his plan to pre-empt
International
The race that stops a planet
Rodney Tiffen
3 November 2020
Our guide to the big three election-day questions
International
As the world watches, Myanmar votes
Adam Simpson & Nicholas Farrelly
30 October 2020
National renewal is on hold while the government focuses on next weekend’s election
International
Sabres rattling in Beijing
Hamish McDonald
27 October 2020
With the Taiwan dilemma deepening, Australia might be forced to take a stand
International
Same stripes, no new tricks
Lesley Russell
23 October 2020
The final presidential debate is unlikely to have changed any minds — but it did remind attentive viewers that Donald Trump doesn’t have a clue about what would replace…
International
Presidential countdown
Rodney Tiffen
23 October 2020
The state of play, the states to watch, and how the count will unfold
International
Licensed to govern
Colin James
19 October 2020
Armed with a historic mandate, can Jacinda Ardern bring about the change she promised in 2017?
International
America’s electoral counter-revolution
Nicole Hemmer
19 October 2020
What the Republican Party is attacking is democracy itself
International
Politics behind plexiglass
Lesley Russell
8 October 2020
The vice-presidential debate maintained the focus on the US administration’s disastrous mishandling of the pandemic
International
Why Biden will (still) win
Rodney Tiffen
5 October 2020
Donald Trump’s diagnosis doesn’t change the electoral fundamentals
International
Captain Abbott’s pick
David Hayes
2 October 2020
Britain’s man-gets-job frenzy was less about Tony Abbott than it seemed
International
“Our accession to sovereignty is inevitable”
Nic Maclellan
2 October 2020
A vote against independence in New Caledonia this weekend won’t end the quest for nationhood
International
Violence’s cheerleader
Nicole Hemmer
1 October 2020
The debate gave us a clearer idea of what a second Trump term could look like
International
Another front in Beijing’s war against difference
Kerry Brown
29 September 2020
Amid an economic boom, protests in Inner Mongolia reflect wider tensions
International
Anwar, “ready to lead,” waits on the king
Amrita Malhi
29 September 2020
The aspiring prime minister makes his move, the king goes to hospital, and Sabah votes
International
The prime minister of good intentions
Jonathan Malloy
28 September 2020
As a second wave threatens, Canada’s Justin Trudeau negotiates choppy political waters
International
Italy’s disembodied populists
James Panichi
23 September 2020
Monday’s referendum and election results highlight the vulnerability of the Five Star Movement
International
Just a matter of time for PNG?
Mike Steketee
11 September 2020
Infections are low, but the factors that will help the virus to spread are already clear
International
New Caledonia’s bleu-blanc-rouge vote
Nic Maclellan
11 September 2020
As the Pacific nation heads for a fresh independence referendum in October, many loyalists are clinging to the flag of the French Republic
International
No cherry on Japan’s cake
Hamish McDonald
9 September 2020
The Japanese defence minister’s aspiration to join the Five Eyes agreement is seen as too far, too fast among members
International
Trump’s generation gap
Lesley Russell
8 September 2020
Young voters look like playing a bigger role than usual in this year’s election
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