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Clar Ni Chonghaile 6 June 2013 The East African country needs to take hold of its own future, the celebrated Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina tells Clar Ni Chonghaile. And he is deeply ambivalent…
International Lesley Russell 3 June 2013 Opponents of Obamacare will have to face the fact that the scheme is being implemented across the United States, even in some unlikely places, writes Lesley Russell Brian McFarlane 31 May 2013 In London, Brian McFarlane reviews three recent stage productions International Nic Maclellan 31 May 2013 French Polynesia’s historic resolution at the United Nations was clinched by years of campaigning and back-room diplomacy by this French dependency, reports Nic Maclellan International Kerry Brown 29 May 2013 The new Chinese premier has been wrestling with China’s economic future since the global financial crisis took its toll, writes Kerry Brown
James Leibold 23 May 2013 “Stability maintenance” is translating into greater surveillance, but the Chinese government’s response to ethnic frictions looks to be unsustainable, writes…
International Edward Aspinall 7 May 2013 Rural dynamics explain the government’s victory in the Malaysian election, argues Edward Aspinall Amrita Malhi 4 May 2013 A historic election campaign reopened old questions about what kind of nation Malaysia should be, writes Amrita Malhi in Kuala Lumpur Clar Ni Chonghaile 2 May 2013 The world’s largest refugee settlement is now telling its own stories, writes Clar Ni Chonghaile David Hayes 28 April 2013 The renowned director’s new film, which uses the socialist mood of 1945 to assail the world Margaret Thatcher created, is bad history and worse politics, says David Hayes
James Leibold 22 April 2013 There’s a paradox at the heart of Xi Jinping’s new political maxim, writes James Leibold in Beijing
International Carmela Ferraro 17 April 2013 Australian journalist Natalie Bennett has big ambitions for Britain’s Green Party. Carmela Ferraro talked to her in London International Lesley Russell 16 April 2013 The Republicans have a problem and the Democrats have an opportunity, writes Lesley Russell David Hayes 12 April 2013 The grim conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have dulled the instinct for armed intervention. But it still runs deep in British political culture, writes David Hayes International Andy Butfoy 5 April 2013 Despite the cuts, the United States will remain the world’s military giant for the foreseeable future, writes Andy Butfoy
International Ross Buckley 3 April 2013 The European Union bungled the Cyprus bailout, writes Ross Buckley. Next time, more Iceland and less Ireland
International John Besemeres 27 March 2013 Faced with turbulence among the elite as well as the general public, the Russian president is adjusting his polices and stepping up appeals to Russian sentiment, writes John … Clar Ni Chonghaile 19 March 2013 Kenya’s enormous potential seems a step closer to reality after a relatively peaceful election. Now, the Supreme Court faces the delicate task of dealing with Raila… International Jane McAdam 15 March 2013 If climate change hastens migration in the Pacific, two twentieth-century cases could be useful guides, writes Jane McAdam International Stephanie Koorey 14 March 2013 A treaty alone won’t make significant inroads into the global arms trade, writes Stephanie Koorey
James Leibold 13 March 2013 There’s austerity in the air as China’s parliament meets, but has anything else changed, asks James Leibold in Beijing
David Hayes 25 February 2013 The roots of ambivalence in Britain’s relationship with the European Union go deep, says David Hayes International Assa Doron & Robin Jeffrey 14 February 2013 With subscriber numbers heading for a billion, the impact of mobile phones on domesticity, sexuality and morality in India could be enormous International R.J.B. Bosworth 12 February 2013 A winter-time research trip to Rome gives R.J.B. Bosworth the chance to gauge the shifting pattern of party support as Italy’s national election campaign enters its… Antonia Finnane 6 December 2012 Antonia Finnane on art and the military in China
International Rodney Tiffen 6 December 2012 The Leveson report's case for more rigorous press accountability was immediately undercut by David Cameron, but despite the cheers from the tabloids, the prime minister has backed…
International Tessa Morris-Suzuki 6 December 2012 A nationalist troika formed in the run-up to this month’s Japanese election poses challenges for the region David Hayes 3 December 2012 An endless recession has changed politics and livelihoods. But in a many-sided national argument there is no consensus about its lessons, says David Hayes Thomas Kean 21 November 2012 Thomas Kean gauges local reaction to Barack Obama’s historic visit International Antonia Finnane 19 November 2012 There are plenty of full heads of hair in the new Politburo, but few of them are women’s, reports Antonia Finnane