Skip to content
Inside Story
About
Donate
Sign up
Search
Search
Menu
About
Donate
Sign up
Search
Search
International
International
“I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose”
Klaus Neumann
12 August 2018
Why did Mesut Özil, one of the most talented footballers of his generation, decide to quit playing for his home country?
International
China’s age of anxiety
Rowan Callick
7 August 2018
Xu Zhangrun makes a compelling case against the country’s direction under Xi Jinping
International
Worrying about Xi Jinping
Kerry Brown
7 August 2018
Xu Zhangrun’s bold critique of contemporary China points to potential flashpoints ahead
International
Zimbabwe steps into the future
Michael Bartos
1 August 2018
Regardless of the result, this week’s election has pressed the post-liberation reset button
International
“When we vote, we expect change”
Erin Handley & Kong Meta
30 July 2018
An inevitable election result in Cambodia has attracted international condemnation and resignation tinged with defiance among supporters of the opposition
International
Getting ready for the blue wave
Lesley Russell
28 July 2018
A frenetic White House reflects growing fears about the Republicans’ fate in November
International
“I’ll tell you, they are all exactly the same”
Rosita Armytage
27 July 2018
Imran Khan the prime minister won’t necessarily look like Imran Khan the candidate
International
A mad riddle, plus plus plus
David Hayes
27 July 2018
Britain’s exit from Europe is showing the flaws of both parties to the negotiations
International
Waving, but also drowning
Klaus Neumann
24 July 2018
The rising death toll in the Mediterranean reflects a deeper problem with European policy towards irregular migrants
International
From Deraa to Deraa
Ross Burns
20 July 2018
Syria’s seven-year conflict is favouring those who play the long game
International
The elephant in the bedroom
Jonathan Malloy
13 July 2018
Canadians find themselves caught in an uncomfortably close relationship with Donald Trump’s America
International
“Here we are, living it again, as though we didn’t learn our lesson”
Margaret Simons
4 July 2018
Profile
| Filipino senator Risa Hontiveros faces jail for protecting witnesses to a brutal state-sponsored killing. Has the country’s politics come full circle?
International
How a party became a cult
Lesley Russell
2 July 2018
And what it means for the midterm elections
International
Westward, look, the land is bright
John Quiggin
29 June 2018
Amid more bad news from Washington come signs that attitudes are hardening against much of what the Trump presidency stands for
International
Ireland’s new body politics
David Hayes
22 June 2018
Ireland’s vote to legalise abortion is having a percussive impact on its neighbours
International
Is North Korea behaving differently this time?
Justin Hastings
19 June 2018
With an economy in transition, the regime is under greater pressure to reach a deal
International
How citizens became aliens
David Hayes
29 May 2018
The British government’s torment of West Indians links two national fixations: immigration and Europe
International
America’s deadly exceptionalism
Lesley Russell
28 May 2018
Maternal and infant mortality rates in the United States are already shamefully high, and the Trump administration’s policies are making them worse. But California is…
International
Dispelling the myth of dependency
Xan Rice
24 May 2018
Can the Kakuma refugee camp — former home to many Australian Sudanese — complete the transition to a thriving economy?
International
What sort of country will Malaysia become?
Tim Colebatch
16 May 2018
Can the five parties of the governing coalition reconcile very different priorities?
International
Cambodia’s media conundrum
Erin Handley
16 May 2018
Did journalists who left the
Phnom Penh Post
after its sale this month make the right decision?
International
In Timor-Leste, a vote for certainty
Michael Leach
14 May 2018
A clear result and a strong showing by the opposition bode well for the country’s new parliament
International
Heated campaign draws to a close in Timor-Leste
Michael Leach
11 May 2018
East Timorese vote tomorrow in a second attempt to choose a viable government
International
Malaysia’s day on edge
Amrita Malhi
11 May 2018
Having won the most seats, the opposition parties endured twenty-four hours of suspense. Was the old government working on plan B?
International
Trump’s nuclear brinkmanship enters a new phase
John Tilemann
9 May 2018
Just weeks before his meeting with Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump has pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear agreement. What is likely to happen next?
International
One Malaysia, two Chinas
Amrita Malhi
29 April 2018
Asia’s giant is playing an outsized role in Malaysia’s election campaign
International
Zuckerberg’s gift
Sophie Black
24 April 2018
Facebook’s chief executive made a surprise admission to Congress earlier this month. Yet we’re in danger of letting him off the hook
International
Domestic disharmony
Kerry Brown & Marya Shakil
23 April 2018
India’s Narendra Modi visits China this week as the two countries continue to grapple with internal challenges
International
The Commonwealth’s secret bomb
Nic Maclellan
18 April 2018
This month’s CHOGM coincides with the sixtieth anniversary of a multi-megaton British nuclear test in the Pacific, covertly supported by Australia and other Commonwealth members
International
In Syria, the fog of war
Ross Burns
17 April 2018
Chemical weapons have been a feature of the Syrian conflict since 2011. Are we any closer to a strategy to deal with their use — and with the forces fuelling the wider conflict?
Newer posts
Older posts