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The US midterms: a street-level view
Nathaniel Reader
7 November 2014
Nathaniel Reader
visited four polling booths in Los Angeles, and found business briskest at a private garage in the city’s northern suburbs
International
Worlds of war
Daniel Nethery
5 November 2014
Exhibitions across Europe show that national histories continue to shape the telling of the first world war, writes
Daniel Nethery
International
The wisdom of the crowd
Kerry Brown
30 October 2014
Taiwan’s binary politics is being disrupted by a third force, writes
Kerry Brown
, and Beijing is watching closely
Britain’s politics without walls
David Hayes
27 October 2014
Democracy’s decline always makes a good story. But like the country itself, British politics might be adapting rather than decaying, says
David Hayes
International
Unsettled times at The Hague
Sophie Rigney
22 October 2014
Three controversial judgements have highlighted the challenges facing the International Criminal Court as it prepares to move to its permanent home, writes
Sophie Rigney
International
The G20 and corruption: a slow start
Norman Abjorensen
21 October 2014
Can the G20 hope to make measurable progress in the fight against corruption?
Norman Abjorensen
looks at the story so far
International
Mid-term blues
Lesley Russell
7 October 2014
The odds aren’t good for the Democrats in next month’s elections, but this referendum on Barack Obama’s presidency isn’t over yet,…
International
Will today’s allies become, yet again, tomorrow’s enemies?
John Quiggin
6 October 2014
When a militarily powerful country tries to govern the affairs of millions of people on the other side of the planet, we shouldn’t be surprised that chaos results, writes…
Playing with the wealth of nations
Joel Keep
6 October 2014
A recent UN vote laid the groundwork for resolving sovereign-debt disputes impartially, reports
Joel Keep
in Buenos Aires. So why did Australia vote against it?
International
Hong Kong: the crack in the door
Kerry Brown
6 October 2014
Whatever the outcome of the current battle, Hong Kong’s protesters have the advantage in the longer-term war for rights and freedoms, writes
Kerry Brown
“We have to be here, for our future”
Duncan Hewitt
3 October 2014
China’s hardening response to protesters could radicalise a whole generation, reports
Duncan Hewitt
in Hong Kong
John Bercow and “the Aussie woman”
David Hayes
29 September 2014
The ripples of an unlikely row over a parliamentary appointment reach from London to Canberra, says
David Hayes
In Brussels, a factional stitch-up doesn’t always mean bad news
James Panichi
29 September 2014
The threat from Russia coincides with another stage in the European Union’s evolution, reports
James Panichi
The rise and rise of the right in New Zealand?
Jennifer Curtin
23 September 2014
Or is it more a case of the declining left?
Jennifer Curtin
looks at the evidence from Saturday’s poll
International
Russian disinformation and Western misconceptions
John Besemeres
23 September 2014
Although the Russian invasion of Ukraine is continuing, writes
John Besemeres
, many Western observers are surprisingly coy about naming it for what it is. Meanwhile,…
Scotland, the day after
David Hayes
19 September 2014
A clear vote against Scotland’s independence closes a national argument but opens a UK-wide one, says
David Hayes
in Edinburgh
International
Far right in Europe’s far north
Andrew Vandenberg
16 September 2014
Electoral advances by the Sweden Democrats at last Sunday’s election pose a challenge to cosmopolitan Sweden
Scotland on the eve
David Hayes
15 September 2014
Scots hold the United Kingdom’s future in their hands. No wonder nerves are fraying, says
David Hayes
Changing the rules of the game
Ronald D. Holmes
15 September 2014
Philippines president Benigno Aquino seems to be considering a constitutional change that would allow him to serve a second term, writes
Ronald D. Holmes
in Manila. But…
International
Old Caledonia and New Caledonia
Nic Maclellan
9 September 2014
Tony Abbott intervened in Scotland’s referendum debate last month, worried about the threat to the Anglosphere. But independence is on the cards closer to home, writes
…
International
Uneasy neighbourhood
Kerry Brown
1 September 2014
Caught between China and Russia, Mongolia is trying to exploit economic opportunities without losing sovereignty, reports
Kerry Brown
International
Ireland and Britain: neighbours in transit
David Hayes
31 August 2014
Dublin and London are finding common diplomatic ground just as politics is sweeping them off their feet
International
Not over till they’re over: the countdown to the US midterm elections
Lesley Russell
11 August 2014
Although some commentators say the results are certain, writes
Lesley Russell
, the race that will shape Barack Obama’s final two years in the White House is far from over
International
Israel vs Hamas: the flawed assumptions
Paul Rogers
31 July 2014
Israel won’t achieve its aims in Gaza without a long-term occupation, writes
Paul Rogers
. In the meantime, only its enemies are benefiting from the growing civilian…
Glasgow’s race for gold
David Hayes
24 July 2014
The Commonwealth Games meet a host city in flux, says
David Hayes
International
The gutting of Radio Australia
Nic Maclellan
22 July 2014
The ABC’s international broadcasting to the Pacific islands is being devastated by the latest round of staffing cuts
International
China’s Godfather?
Kerry Brown
18 July 2014
A controversial new biography of Xi Jinping fundamentally misunderstands the nature of China’s leadership, argues
Kerry Brown
Britain’s Great War: traps of memory
David Hayes
17 July 2014
The centenary of the 1914–18 war reveals Britain to be a country of permanent involution, says
David Hayes
How Europe’s parties outfoxed the Union
James Panichi
16 July 2014
The European Commission might have ended up with an insider as president, reports
James Panichi
in Brussels, but the process for filling the job has changed forever
International
Fear and favour
Ross Tapsell
16 July 2014
The polarisation of Indonesia’s media during the election campaign has renewed the debate over the nexus between proprietors and politics, writes
Ross Tapsell
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