International
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?
International
Midnight in America
Lesley Russell
9 November 2016
With the election of Donald Trump, the world has entered uncharted waters
International
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
International
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
International
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
International
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
International
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
International
Right job, right time for António Guterres
Erika Feller
14 October 2016
A former senior UNHCR official reflects on the road ahead for the new secretary-general
International
France and the Forum
Nic Maclellan
13 October 2016
France’s Pacific dependencies, New Caledonia and French Polynesia, have joined the Pacific Islands Forum as full members. Has French colonialism become entrenched in the…
Labour’s problem with women
David Hayes
1 October 2016
The long walk to equality in Britain is embroiled in cyberbullying and a party’s civil war
International
Germany, one year on
Klaus Neumann
12 September 2016
The events of late summer 2015 revealed faultlines in German society that won’t quickly resolve themselves, writes Klaus Neumann. Meanwhile, Angela Merkel’s…
International
Donald Trump: presidential foe or faux?
Lesley Russell
8 September 2016
What made Trump run? Lesley Russell looks at what the conspiracy theorists are saying
International
Unfinished business in Sri Lanka
Alan Keenan
1 September 2016
The United Nations has a rare opportunity to help secure a sustainable peace, writes Alan Keenan
International
A strong leader encounters stormy waters
Kerry Brown
24 August 2016
If China won’t compromise over the South China Sea, it risks becoming damagingly isolated, writes Kerry Brown
International
“It’s me. I don’t want to change”
Lesley Russell
19 August 2016
The Republican Party has been trumped by a candidate who doesn’t understand the American electorate, writes Lesley Russell
Brexitannia: a state in limbo
David Hayes
16 August 2016
Britain is paralysed by its decision to leave the European Union, says David Hayes
Days and nights in Taksim Square
Alexandra Biggs
4 August 2016
This open space in central Istanbul has long been a site of political struggle, writes Alexandra Biggs. Last month’s attempted coup was no exception
Cuba’s winners and losers
Peter Gerrand
1 August 2016
Cubans might not suffer the extreme hardships that prevail in neighbouring countries, writes Peter Gerrand, but poverty has become endemic and liberalisation has its risks
Anthony Sampson, the inside-outsider
David Hayes
29 July 2016
The anatomist of Britain and ally of South African freedom, born ninety years ago, was a pioneer in journalism, says David Hayes
International
Crowdsourcing terror
Greg Barton
18 July 2016
The attack in Nice reflects a shift in the dynamics of the Islamic State, writes Greg Barton. And the attempted coup in Turkey has complicated the task of responding effectively
Britain’s velvet regime change
David Hayes
14 July 2016
The post-Brexit rise of Theresa May is fleeting balm for a troubled country, says David Hayes
International
The political imperative for a legal war
Gabrielle Appleby
13 July 2016
Britain’s highest legal officer was under enormous pressure to give the legal okay for the war in Iraq, writes Gabrielle Appleby. Australia can learn from the fallout
A post-Brexit election
David Hayes
5 July 2016
Britain’s media finds in Australia’s drama some relief from the country’s own, says David Hayes
Jeremy Corbyn, the vanishing commissar
David Hayes
1 July 2016
British Labour’s MPs are mutinous, its leader defiant, its members divided. What now, asks David Hayes
England’s we-the-people revolt
David Hayes
27 June 2016
Europe, outsiders, parties, experts, London, the United Kingdom itself – all were rejected in Britain’s referendum, says David Hayes
International
Reaping the whirlwind
John Quiggin
26 June 2016
Without a coherent alternative to finance-driven economic policies, the tribalism represented by the Brexit vote will triumph, argues John Quiggin
International
The price of re-engaging with Fiji
Jon Fraenkel
26 June 2016
Fiji’s PM says his government has introduced genuine democracy, lifted social equity, countered corruption and calmed ethnic divisions. Jon Fraenkel assesses the…
The great British crack-up
David Hayes
24 June 2016
Britain’s vote to leave the European Union propels an old country into a new world, says David Hayes
Britain on the edge
David Hayes
20 June 2016
An MP’s murder sheds a harsh light on a polarised country, says David Hayes
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