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How the world warmed to a nuclear India
Kate Sullivan
3 May 2012
India has pursued two curiously contradictory approaches to nuclear proliferation since independence, writes
Kate Sullivan
International
Is Tom Crone Rupert Murdoch’s John Dean?
Rodney Tiffen
3 May 2012
Comparisons with Watergate raise worrying prospects for News Corporation, writes
Rodney Tiffen
In the dark
Alicia Mollaun
1 May 2012
Pakistan’s chronic energy shortages are a vivid symptom of the country’s crisis of governance, writes
Alicia Mollaun
in Islamabad
Tea-leaf time
Lesley Russell
26 April 2012
Does the tidal wave of polls help predict how Romney and Obama will fare in November, asks
Lesley Russell
Road to democracy? Yu Jianrong’s blueprint for China
Antonia Finnane
22 April 2012
In Beijing,
Antonia Finnane
looks at a ten-year plan for a staged transition to constitutional democracy
International
Günter Grass, again
Klaus Neumann
19 April 2012
The Nobel laureate’s latest intervention in public debate says more about him than about the Middle East, writes
Klaus Neumann
. But it also draws attention to…
International
Timor-Leste: the presidential runoff
Michael Leach
13 April 2012
Monday’s runoff vote is another step in the reconfiguration of East Timorese politics, writes
Michael Leach
International
Is that what we fought for?
Lindsey Hilsum
12 April 2012
Researching her new book,
Lindsey Hilsum
spoke to Libyan women about their role in post-Gaddafi politics
Easter in Beijing
Antonia Finnane
10 April 2012
After Tomb-sweeping day, the Chinese capital returned to normal, writes
Antonia Finnane
, except for the city’s Christians
Who’s afraid of Margaret Thatcher?
Frank Bongiorno
9 April 2012
The Iron Lady casts a long shadow, as David Cameron is finding in the lead-up to the next British election, writes
Frank Bongiorno
in London
Summit manoeuvres at ASEAN
Norman Abjorensen
8 April 2012
The big powers were on the minds of ASEAN leaders meeting in the Cambodian capital, writes
Norman Abjorensen
in Phnom Penh
Not the last word on Berlin
Daniel Nethery
2 April 2012
Paul Keating has it wrong about the German city, writes
Daniel Nethery
International
Which Putin will stand up?
John Besemeres
28 March 2012
Born-again reformer, pragmatist or more of the same? The signs are mixed for Vladimir Putin’s third term as president, writes
John Besemeres
Burma’s parliament emerges from the shadows
Our correspondent in Rangoon
26 March 2012
While international attention has focused on the main personalities negotiating historic changes in Burma, the national legislature has begun flexing its muscles, writes
our
…
International
Vietnam’s high-profile land dispute
David G. Marr
23 March 2012
The Tien Lang affair has had unprecedented coverage in Vietnam’s normally closely controlled media
International
The Hamas split and the future of the Palestinian peace talks
Michael Bröning
22 March 2012
Hamas is undergoing an internal power struggle, which gives the West an opportunity to steer the organisation away from extremism, writes
Michael Bröning
International
Timor’s change of leader
Michael Leach
19 March 2012
The first round of Timor-Leste’s presidential poll signals not only a change in leader but also a vigorous parliamentary election in June, writes
Michael Leach
A long way to the top
Lesley Russell
12 March 2012
A poor field of candidates has led at least one high-profile conservative to propose that the Republicans focus on Congress rather than the White House in November, writes…
International
Burma and the road to normality
Nicholas Farrelly
8 March 2012
Recently returned from Burma,
Nicholas Farrelly
looks at a series of remarkable changes, and the journey ahead
International
Presidential elections in Timor-Leste: what’s at stake?
Michael Leach
4 March 2012
Michael Leach
previews this month’s poll
International
Putin’s phoney war
John Besemeres
1 March 2012
Vladimir Putin is likely to win Sunday’s presidential elections, but it’s less clear how events will unfold in Russia once he moves back into his old job, writes…
The matter of Scotland
David Hayes
22 February 2012
A high-stakes constitutional tussle over the future of the United Kingdom is under way. The political transformation of Scotland since the 1950s will help to shape the outcome,…
Greek myths
Daniel Nethery
8 February 2012
In Athens
Daniel Nethery
finds that the conventional diagnosis of Greece’s problems doesn’t quite fit the reality
International
The ambitious emirate
Matthew Gray
2 February 2012
Qatar is pursuing a sophisticated modernisation program, writes
Matthew Gray
. But is social and political change keeping pace?
On Green Lotus Street
Duncan Hewitt
1 February 2012
Shanghai doesn’t understand the appeal of its oldest precinct, writes
Duncan Hewitt
Politics grips Pakistan
Alicia Mollaun
19 January 2012
Heading towards a first round of national elections later this year, Pakistan’s politics and external relations are in flux, writes
Alicia Mollaun
in Islamabad
International
Margaret Thatcher, between myth and politics
David Hayes
12 January 2012
A sympathetic film portrayal of Britain’s most divisive modern prime minister fits a broader mood of reappraisal of her years in power, says
David Hayes
International
North Korea’s Great Successor and his regional connections
Tessa Morris-Suzuki
29 December 2011
Kim Jong-un’s accession comes at a time of change in the region, underlining the need for a nuanced response from Western countries
International
Setbacks at home, successes abroad: the mixed fortunes of Vladimir Putin
John Besemeres
22 December 2011
A resentful Putin means further strains in East–West relations and a renewed effort to lock in Russia’s western neighbours, writes
John Besemeres
What they see and what they hear
Duncan Hewitt
16 December 2011
A growing number of Chinese are bothered by the gap between reality and the way the media portrays society and politics, reports
Duncan Hewitt
. And the media itself is…
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