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      We must all be China-watchers now
    
    
      Kerry Brown 
    
    
      8 March 2017    
    
      With the West in flux, China’s nineteenth party congress will be closely observed
    
  
                
                      
      
    
  
  
          
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      Timor-Leste’s 2017 elections: the presidential race commences
    
    
      Michael Leach 
    
    
      3 March 2017    
    
      Fretilin is in the box seat for the presidency vote this month, with parliamentary elections to follow in July    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Journalism in the Trump era
    
    
      Rodney Tiffen 
    
    
      24 February 2017    
    
      The story, so far, of the new president’s media strategy     
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
        
      Healing Hong Kong’s political divisions – not as easy as ABC?
    
    
      Duncan Hewitt 
    
    
      21 February 2017    
    
      Updated 28 February | Candidates for next month’s election of a new chief executive are coming up against a more radical generation    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      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    
  
                  
      
    
  
  
          
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      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    
  
                
                      
      
    
  
  
          
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      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    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      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    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      A line in the water
    
    
      Michael Leach 
    
    
      12 January 2017    
    
      This week’s joint announcement has cleared the way for progress on Australia’s maritime boundary with Timor-Leste    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Making America sick again
    
    
      Lesley Russell 
    
    
      9 January 2017    
    
      As Republicans splinter and the real world intrudes, abolishing Obamacare is looking more difficult by the day    
  
                  
      
    
  
  
          
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      The man behind the “perpetual conflict machine”
    
    
      Matthew Ricketson 
    
    
      28 December 2016    
    
      Old-fashioned reporting finally undid the unattractive creator of Fox News    
  
                
                      
      
    
  
  
        
      Waist deep in the Brexit muddy
    
    
      David Hayes 
    
    
      26 December 2016    
    
      Letter from London | Britain’s divisions over Europe fester in a political swamp. But there is a way out    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Fox News’s pyrrhic victory
    
    
      Rodney Tiffen 
    
    
      26 December 2016    
    
      It seemed like a good year for Rupert Murdoch, but will Donald Trump’s victory come back to haunt Fox News?    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Beautiful one day, untouched the next
    
    
      Sara Currie 
    
    
      21 December 2016    
    
      What, no golf course? Marketing Timor-Leste as a tourist destination can be challenging
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      In the Pacific, two cheers for democracy
    
    
      Jon Fraenkel 
    
    
      13 December 2016    
    
      Elections across the Pacific this year largely defied the predictions of doomsayers    
  
                  
      
    
  
  
          
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      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    
  
                
                      
      
    
  
  
          
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      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    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      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    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Obama’s nuclear legacy
    
    
      Andy Butfoy 
    
    
      28 November 2016    
    
      Has Donald Trump been handed a large, up-to-date arsenal?    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      The stratifying internet
    
    
      Julian Thomas 
    
    
      18 November 2016    
    
      Internet connections have surged in the region, but cost has re-emerged as a constraint for many users    
  
                  
      
    
  
  
          
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      The dog that didn’t bark
    
    
      John Quiggin 
    
    
      15 November 2016    
    
      Long-term Republican supporters again turned out to support the party’s candidate, and their inevitable disappointment will help open up the possibility of change    
  
                
                      
      
    
  
  
          
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      A shred of hope for Democrats?
    
    
      Tom Greenwell 
    
    
      15 November 2016    
    
      Votes across America to increase the minimum wage may point the way forward    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      The American rebellion
    
    
      Tim Colebatch 
    
    
      11 November 2016    
    
      With Republicans protecting the rich and Democrats failing to defend ordinary families, the time was ripe for an uprising    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
        
      Trumpland in Brexitannia: hands across the ocean?
    
    
      David Hayes 
    
    
      10 November 2016    
    
      America’s rage revolution echoes Britain’s referendum uprising. But does it bring the old allies closer?    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Midnight in America
    
    
      Lesley Russell 
    
    
      9 November 2016    
    
      With the election of Donald Trump, the world has entered uncharted waters    
  
                  
      
    
  
  
          
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      What to watch for when you’re watching the presidential count
    
    
      Rodney Tiffen 
    
    
      7 November 2016    
    
      Behind the cut and thrust of the campaign, the past ten elections provide clues to the vital signs    
  
                
                      
      
    
  
  
          
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      One last, agonising week on the campaign trail
    
    
      Lesley Russell 
    
    
      2 November 2016    
    
      Most Americans might want the presidential election campaign to be over, but the surprises continue    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Down-ballot democracy
    
    
      Tom Greenwell 
    
    
      28 October 2016    
    
      Behind the high-profile presidential race, Americans will be voting on hundreds of proposals to change the law on 8 November    
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      Trump’s ragged army
    
    
      Peter Brent 
    
    
      27 October 2016    
    
      Since he won the nomination, Donald Trump has relied on party loyalty rather than working-class defections     
  
                
          
          
  
    
        
      
    
  
  
          
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      An electrifying story of low-tech power
    
    
      Christine Horn & Raine Melissa Riman 
    
    
      19 October 2016    
    
      Affordable electronics are beginning to provide solar power to rural Malaysia where large-scale projects have failed    
  
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