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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?
International
Right war, wrong weapons
Lesley Russell
13 April 2018
America’s opioid crisis won’t be solved by the Mexican wall and capital punishment. Meanwhile, deaths keep rising, and Australia isn’t immune
International
Choices sharpen in Timor-Leste
Michael Leach
10 April 2018
Newly aligned parties are squaring off as the parliamentary election campaign gets under way
International
Has the West called Putin’s bluff?
John Besemeres
4 April 2018
The Russian president faces uncharacteristically united international opposition at the beginning of a potentially unstable final term in office
International
Russia’s war on history
David Hayes
30 March 2018
How a poison attack in an English cathedral city became an international diplomatic crisis
International
In Myanmar, politics makes a comeback
Thomas Kean
29 March 2018
Parliament’s election of a new president this week creates the opportunity for a change in direction
International
Operation South Pacific?
Nic Maclellan
29 March 2018
Chinese blockbuster
Operation Red Sea
features the People’s Liberation Army evacuating civilians from a Third World danger zone. Australian defence analysts are worried…
International
In the shadow of Guantanamo Bay
Antonio Castillo
22 March 2018
Cuba’s namesake town sits uncomfortably close to the US military base
International
Trumped in Pennsylvania
Lesley Russell
19 March 2018
The Republican Party is heading for the midterm elections with no plan B
International
Is America’s gun debate different this time?
Lesley Russell
15 March 2018
As US gun-control efforts continue, there are signs of a shift in opinion and resolve
International
Cautionary tales from the birthplace of bureaucracy
Paul ’t Hart
12 March 2018
Even in modern Germany, government maladministration can have tragic effects
International
Beijing’s black box
Kerry Brown
9 March 2018
Decision-making among the Chinese elite is as hard to read as it’s ever been, and the uncertainty extends to the character of the president himself
International
Timor-Leste: architect of its own Sunrise
Michael Leach
8 March 2018
A bold move has turned into a breakthrough for the young nation
International
Midterm minefield
Lesley Russell
16 February 2018
Can the Democrats break Republican partisanship in the run-up to the November elections?
International
Putin and Trump: anatomy of a bromance
John Besemeres
11 February 2018
A compromising relationship continues to define the US presidency
International
The return of Wang Qishan
Kerry Brown
6 February 2018
Despite his age, the former anti-corruption chief looks like returning to a key position in the Chinese leadership
International
President Trump’s button
Andy Butfoy
5 February 2018
What does the latest
Nuclear Posture Review
tell us about America’s likely actions?
International
China’s big-city dreamers
Duncan Hewitt
30 January 2018
Urban life is still a fragile aspiration for millions of rural migrants
International
Wintry thaw on the Korean Peninsula
Jingdong Yuan
29 January 2018
Can the major powers capitalise on the shift in North–South relations?
International
The battle for the “real” Malaysia
Amrita Malhi
12 January 2018
This year’s election will be a fight not only for government but also over the legacy of the country’s most successful party
International
Fire and fury on the campaign trail
Lesley Russell
11 January 2018
The electoral prospects are hard to read as the United States enters midterm-election year
International
The Guardian goes for broke
David Hayes
10 January 2018
Britain’s liberal beacon is scaling down but thinking big
International
Timor-Leste’s parliamentary endgame
Michael Leach
5 January 2018
Only presidential action will resolve the impasse brought on by last year’s inconclusive election
International
Iran: why it’s been different this time
R. Tousi
4 January 2018
The latest protests reveal rising discontent outside the major cities
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