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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
International
Will the world population be in decline within fifty years?
Abul Rizvi
4 May 2020
New UN population projections could be understating the shift in the world’s population prospects
International
Giving back to Vanuatu
Murray Garde and Margaret Jolly
24 April 2020
Coming on top of recent volcanic activity, Cyclone Harold and Covid-19 are a dual challenge for the island nation
International
Why the attacks on the WHO are a dangerous diversion
Michael Bartos
16 April 2020
On the evidence, the World Health Organization will come out of this crisis better than its most vocal critics
International
Coronavirus carrier
Nic Maclellan
8 April 2020
The US military’s decision to move thousands of sailors from the stricken USS
Theodore Roosevelt
onto Guam has angered indigenous Chamoru people
International
Sweeping graves
Antonia Finnane
7 April 2020
The how, and the how many, of mourning the dead in China
International
American democracy on hold?
Lesley Russell
7 April 2020
In the lead-up to the presidential elections, Republicans are using whatever weapons they can lay their hands on
International
A failure of execution
Paul Hutchcroft & Ronald D. Holmes
4 April 2020
Despite lacking a coherent pandemic strategy, Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte is tightening his grip
International
Elephants in the room
Rowan Callick
30 March 2020
Xi Jinping and Donald Trump have turned the coronavirus into a test of their governing styles
International
Singapore’s early warning
Michael Barr
29 March 2020
The city state learned vital lessons from its slow response to SARS, but is politics starting to interfere?
International
The Covid-19 kidnap
David Hayes
25 March 2020
The virus looks like being the catalyst of yet another British revolution
International
“God will protect us, but He still wants us to wash our hands!”
Nic Maclellan
25 March 2020
Pacific islands are building on knowledge gained in previous crises, but enormous challenges lie ahead
International
That other virus
Klaus Neumann
17 March 2020
Despite Europe’s failure to rise to the challenge in Greece, the “virus of insolidarity” is still being resisted
International
Vladimir Putin: ruler for life?
Graeme Gill
16 March 2020
Could there be a less sinister reason why the Russian president wants the way open for a longer tenure?
International
Donald Trump’s biggest test
Lesley Russell
14 March 2020
Coronavirus has already changed life and national politics in the United States
International
Doomsday postponed
Andy Butfoy
13 March 2020
Did a fifty-year-old treaty really increase the possibility of nuclear war?
International
In defence of Europe
Klaus Neumann
13 March 2020
As the European Commission swings behind Greece, signs of an alternative Europe are emerging
International
Mahathir’s choice
Ross Tapsell
28 February 2020
Less than two years after its historic election win, Malaysia’s ruling coalition is in chaos. How did it come to this?
International
Tokyo 2020 vs Covid-19
David Hayes
26 February 2020
Japan approaches its Olympics across a tightrope of risk
International
Back to the future in Dili
Michael Leach
24 February 2020
Xanana Gusmão seems set to lead a new coalition government in Timor-Leste
International
Ailing giant
Rodney Tiffen
24 February 2020
In key areas, America’s performance is slipping compared to its peers
International
Anatomy of a broken taboo
Klaus Neumann
19 February 2020
An election in a tiny East German state has reverberated all the way to the top of the country’s politics
International
What’s in a name?
Antonia Finnane
17 February 2020
There are other things we should know about the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak
International
Delhi’s elections: roadblock or revolution?
Robin Jeffrey
14 February 2020
A setback for Narendra Modi’s BJP doesn’t necessarily foreshadow a loss of national support
International
The centre that couldn’t hold
Liam Weeks
13 February 2020
We know what has gone from Irish politics, but it isn’t yet clear what will take its place
International
Whatever it takes
Lesley Russell
11 February 2020
A long week in American politics ends with a president still struggling in the national polls
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