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
22 April 2013
There’s a paradox at the heart of Xi Jinping’s new political maxim, writes James Leibold in Beijing
International
17 April 2013
Australian journalist Natalie Bennett has big ambitions for Britain’s Green Party. Carmela Ferraro talked to her in London
International
16 April 2013
The Republicans have a problem and the Democrats have an opportunity, writes Lesley Russell
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
5 April 2013
Despite the cuts, the United States will remain the world’s military giant for the foreseeable future, writes Andy Butfoy
International
3 April 2013
The European Union bungled the Cyprus bailout, writes Ross Buckley. Next time, more Iceland and less Ireland
International
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 …
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
15 March 2013
If climate change hastens migration in the Pacific, two twentieth-century cases could be useful guides, writes Jane McAdam
International
14 March 2013
A treaty alone won’t make significant inroads into the global arms trade, writes Stephanie Koorey
13 March 2013
There’s austerity in the air as China’s parliament meets, but has anything else changed, asks James Leibold in Beijing
25 February 2013
The roots of ambivalence in Britain’s relationship with the European Union go deep, says David Hayes
International
14 February 2013
With subscriber numbers heading for a billion, the disruptive impact of mobile phones in India could be enormous. In this extract from their new book, Robin Jeffrey and…
International
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…
6 December 2012
Antonia Finnane on art and the military in China
International
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
6 December 2012
A nationalist troika formed in the run-up to this month’s Japanese election poses challenges for the region
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
21 November 2012
Thomas Kean gauges local reaction to Barack Obama’s historic visit
International
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
International
12 November 2012
Lesley Russell on the US election wash-up and the looming cliffhanger
International
7 November 2012
The failure to agree on a realignment of America’s military presence in Okinawa generates problems for the US–Japan alliance, Japanese grand strategy, and the region…
2 November 2012
On the eve of China’s eighteenth party congress, life in Beijing is changing in increasingly obvious ways, writes Antonia Finnane
International
2 November 2012
As the recent violence in the west of Burma shows, the government has yet to deal effectively with remaining ethnic conflicts, writes Nicholas Farrelly. The benefits of a…
International
29 October 2012
Responding big and responding fast is the theme of the last days of the race, writes Lesley Russell
19 October 2012
The next few years is likely to be bumpy but vitally important for Europe. Can the corps of foreign journalists in Brussels rise to the occasion, asks James Panichi
International
19 October 2012
The ABC’s decision to use reports from the controversial Doha-based network makes sense from up close
17 October 2012
The latest biography of Liang Qichao reveals a man of his times with a new significance for present-day China, writes Antonia Finnane in Beijing
4 October 2012
The halfway point of Britain’s five-year parliament finds all of the parties under pressure to adapt to a changing environment, says David Hayes