International
Thailand’s X factors
Nicholas Farrelly
3 September 2020
Can a detached and inexperienced king cope with an unprecedented shift in popular sentiment?
International
Has Shinzo Abe left a lasting legacy?
H.D.P. Envall
1 September 2020
Departing at a crucial time, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister leaves much unfinished business
International
Chaos theory
Nicole Hemmer
31 August 2020
Donald Trump is mounting the only kind of campaign he knows — despite its failure in 2018
International
Hong Kong’s ever-adaptable dissenters
Antony Dapiran
14 August 2020
The city’s protesters are using unconventional methods to navigate a legal minefield
International
Right candidate, right time
Lesley Russell
12 August 2020
In what’s likely to be a punishing campaign, Kamala Harris ticks all the boxes
International
History’s choice
Nicole Hemmer
12 August 2020
Joe Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris decisively shapes the Democratic Party of the future
International
A threat to lives and culture
Antonio Castillo
5 August 2020
Indigenous communities in Latin America are demanding more action in response to Covid-19
International
“We would like the French state to apologise”
Nic Maclellan
27 July 2020
As the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings approaches, the legacy of cold war–era French nuclear testing is still in dispute
International
Maybe, probably, definitely?
Peter Brent
22 July 2020
What does history tell us about how the numbers will unfold between now and election day?
International
PNG’s peril is Beijing’s chance
Rowan Callick
16 July 2020
Are economic troubles edging Papua New Guinea closer to China?
International
A government in denial
Michael Barr
13 July 2020
Despite the many obstacles, Singapore’s opposition made a strong showing on Friday
International
Trump’s plot against America
Lesley Russell
9 July 2020
Now we know the president’s campaign target: the enemies within
International
Hong Kong’s second handover
Antony Dapiran
9 July 2020
China’s new security law makes life near impossible for the territory’s pan-democrats
International
Italy’s Black Lives Matter moment
James Panichi
30 June 2020
Clashes over a statue in Milan reveal complicated truths about the country’s postwar history
International
Singapore goes early
Michael Barr
26 June 2020
Amid the pandemic, trouble among Lee Kuan Yew’s descendants will shape next month’s election result
International
Smart harvest
Nic Maclellan
11 June 2020
Pacific islanders are responding to disruptions to food security with cultural solidarity and new technology
International
How not to feed America
Lesley Russell
11 June 2020
Has the Trump administration turned the pandemic into a food crisis?
International
The fall of Robert E. Lee
Janna Thompson
9 June 2020
How the reputation of a “good Confederate” was made and unmade
International
Out of turmoil, a new majority in Timor-Leste’s parliament
Michael Leach
2 June 2020
A realignment of parties should break the deadlock over vital legislation
International
Greater goods
Michael Bartos
1 June 2020
While the quest for treatments and vaccines continued, the language of global public goods dominated international pandemic talks
International
Long march
Nicole Hemmer
1 June 2020
As a century’s experience shows, police violence won’t stop civil rights protesters from seeking justice
International
What worked to minimise Covid-19 deaths, and why?
Rodney Tiffen
28 May 2020
Clear patterns are evident in the data we have on cases, mortality and testing
International
Beijing buffeted
Rowan Callick
27 May 2020
A key speech reveals worries on many fronts for China’s leaders
International
Covid-19’s awkward couple
David Hayes
26 May 2020
Britain’s book of government blunders has a new chapter
International
The decline in America’s financial supremacy just got faster
Adam Triggs
25 May 2020
Donald Trump and the Fed are combining with Covid-19 to undermine the dominance of the US dollar
International
Borrowed place, borrowed time?
Hamish McDonald
13 May 2020
Hong Kong seems to be heading into a long summer of trials, protests and electoral disqualifications
International
Tipping points
Klaus Neumann
12 May 2020
Germany’s anti-lockdown protests aren’t only about the coronavirus
International
Geopolitics meets pandemic in the Pacific
Nic Maclellan
6 May 2020
As Pacific island nations reel from Cyclone Harold and the coronavirus, US–China tensions are complicating the path to recovery
International
Xanana Gusmão’s new parliamentary coalition collapses
Michael Leach
5 May 2020
… and its biggest party has asked the Court of Appeal to rule on presidential decision-making
International
India’s corona casualties
Assa Doron
4 May 2020
India’s firm action has been undermined by religious prejudice and poverty
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