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Myanmar’s turbulent year of civilian rule Thomas Kean 27 March 2017 By-elections later this week could intensify pressure on the governing National League for Democracy International Back to Bikini, forward to disarmament Nic Maclellan 27 March 2017 As governments begin negotiating a treaty to ban nuclear weapons, the Marshall Islands is still seeking justice for years of cold war testing International Trumpcare, Ryancare, or neither of the above? Lesley Russell 23 March 2017 With new afterword | Surprise in Congress: healthcare reform is complicated and politically fraught International Did economics triumph in Uttar Pradesh? Pawan Singh & Jonathan Balls 21 March 2017 The BJP’s landslide victory in this populous Indian state reflects a potentially combustible mix of old and new

International Post-truth politics in Southeast Asia Ross Tapsell 17 February 2017 Two recent elections show how vigorous and often misleading online campaigns can derail the facts International Beyond Washington’s horizon Antonio Castillo 16 February 2017 The fitful treatment of Latin American countries by the United States looks like taking a new twist under Donald Trump International The minus-fifteen president Rodney Tiffen 22 January 2017 He’s president now, with a record-breaking minus-fifteen favourability rating, and the argument about why it happened continues. Rodney Tiffen has been sifting the evidence International Handing the initiative to China John Fitzgerald 19 January 2017 Donald Trump undermines the global rules-based order at America’s own peril, and Australia risks being caught in the backwash

International In the Pacific, two cheers for democracy Jon Fraenkel 13 December 2016 Elections across the Pacific this year largely defied the predictions of doomsayers International Italy’s Charles de Gaulle moment James Panichi 6 December 2016 Prime minister Matteo Renzi risked everything in his attempt to reduce the power of the Senate and cut back on layers of government International New Zealand’s political shake-up Jennifer Curtin 6 December 2016 With an election due in a year, the National government faces the challenge of life without leader John Key International Old countries, new problems, new leaders Tim Colebatch 1 December 2016 In their different ways, the trajectories of François Fillon and Theresa May highlight the challenges facing Europe