27 June 2011
Xan Rice reports from the Libyan capital, Tripoli
International
16 June 2011
As China cracks down on dissidents, Stefanie Scherr reports on Hong Kong’s annual commemoration of the Tiananmen protests
13 June 2011
An independent and increasingly vibrant civil society movement is developing in Burma, writes our correspondent in Rangoon
International
10 June 2011
Norman Abjorensen recalls a meeting with Yugoslav dissident and writer Milovan Djilas, born one hundred years ago this month
5 June 2011
Another history war under another conservative government. Frank Bongiorno reports from London
1 June 2011
China’s internal security establishment seems to have gained growing influence over policy, writes Duncan Hewitt in Shanghai
20 May 2011
Republican presidential candidates are gathering for the race, but many seem reluctant to line up at the starting gate, writes Lesley Russell in Washington
15 May 2011
Xan Rice reports from Benghazi and Misrata on the impact of the war in Libya
15 May 2011
Egypt now has to deal with the emergence of forces suppressed by decades of authoritarian rule, writes Tarek Osman
13 May 2011
The United States’ racial and ethnic makeup is changing, but the real divide may end up being along income lines, writes Lesley Russell
11 May 2011
Norman Abjorensen sees the first tentative signs that Singapore can move out of the shadow of Lee Kuan Yew
10 May 2011
There’s a strange silence about the French president’s enthusiasm to intervene in Libya, reports Daniel Nethery in Paris
International
5 May 2011
With al Qaeda’s influence already waning in many countries in the Middle East, Matthew Gray looks at the likely impact of Osama bin Laden’s death on the…
International
3 May 2011
Thailand’s royal family faces a divisive anniversary ahead of the next national election, writes Nicholas Farrelly
International
28 April 2011
China’s Five Year Plan could turn out to be a turning point for global climate policy, writes Michael Jacobs
28 April 2011
Massive rises in the cost of housing are at last being recognised by government, writes Duncan Hewitt
International
28 April 2011
Richard Tanter reports on a controversial intervention in Indonesian history, culture and memory
International
21 April 2011
Jostling between Vladimir Putin and Dimitry Medvedev and trouble with neighbours could play out in very significant ways for Russia and its region, writes John Besemeres
20 April 2011
Kenyans are leapfrogging landlines and going straight to mobile, with enormous social and economic implications, writes Xan Rice
19 April 2011
Why did some British academics and universities get so close to Colonel Gaddafi, asks Frank Bongiorno in London
15 April 2011
Hardliners are now a decided minority among Afrikaners, report Edward Cavanagh and Emile Coetzee in South Africa
International
6 April 2011
The detention of Filep Karma – one of more than 130 Papuan and Moluccan political prisoners in Indonesian jails – highlights the deep problems of Indonesian rule in Papua
31 March 2011
Germany’s decision to abstain from backing the military action in Libya hints at political, trade and foreign policy pressures, writes Daniel Nethery in Berlin
International
28 March 2011
Thirty-two years after Three Mile Island, an accident in a far-away nuclear facility has once again altered Germany’s political landscape. Klaus Neumann looks at…
28 March 2011
The spending debate in Washington is coming to a head, writes Lesley Russell
28 March 2011
In London Frank Bongiorno looks at why Lionel Logue is portrayed as an Aussie larrikin in The King’s Speech
22 March 2011
Traffic is becoming a fiercely debated topic in China’s major cities, writes Duncan Hewitt in Shanghai
18 March 2011
President Kibaki and his allies continue to resist an international trial of alleged perpetrators of the 2007 post-election violence, writes Xan Rice
International
18 March 2011
Japan can emerge from this disaster strengthened and more vigorous
3 March 2011
Disunited, the Maori Party risks losing identity and support, writes Norm Kelly in Wellington