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Berlusconi’s Italy on trial
Geoff Andrews
3 March 2011
Berlusconi’s success in holding on to power highlights a vacuum at the heart of Italy’s politics, writes
Geoff Andrews
“Rebooting” Egypt
Tarek Osman
3 March 2011
Egypt’s middle class is determined that the revolution will lead to real change, writes
Tarek Osman
in Cairo
International
Taking stock on climate
Michael Jacobs
2 March 2011
As policy in Australia begins to move,
Michael Jacobs
surveys the international climate landscape: the latest science, the emissions targets and what’s happening on…
International
Different leaders, different regimes
Matthew Gray
25 February 2011
As much as anything, it’s the complexity of the Middle East that’s become more obvious over the past few weeks, writes
Matthew Gray
International
Iran’s resilient rebellion
Nasrin Alavi
21 February 2011
Tehran’s ruling elite says that Iran’s revolutionary experience was the inspiration for the Arab insurrections, yet seeks to crush demonstrators at home. Iran’s…
Life in the UK: the exam
Ian Henderson
18 February 2011
In London,
Ian Henderson
finds that Britain’s migration test reveals more about its authors than they would ever have anticipated
The last foreign publisher in Burma?
Our correspondent in Rangoon
18 February 2011
Ross Dunkley headed a high-profile foreign-owned business caught up in a web of tensions, writes our correspondent in Rangoon
As Côte d’Ivoire burns, Ghana dances
Aleks Vickovich
11 February 2011
Ghana has its fair share of developmental headaches, but a heavy handed government isn't one of them, writes
Aleks Vickovich
Egypt’s next phase: a competition for influence and support
Tarek Osman
9 February 2011
The “eternal brown land” is preparing for a further deluge of political energy in response to decades of growing pressure, writes
Tarek Osman
in Cairo
International
Egypt’s leaders in waiting
Matthew Gray
7 February 2011
Plenty of people are waiting for a chance to replace Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak – whether now or in September – and while each has their weaknesses, most are…
When Chinese migrant workers go home
Antonio Castillo
3 February 2011
It is the world’s largest annual migration of people – tens of millions of Chinese migrant workers reuniting with their families to celebrate the Lunar New Year.…
The Digger and the dirt
Frank Bongiorno
2 February 2011
The next casualties of Britain’s phone-hacking controversy could come from the media, politics or the police. But whoever falls next, it probably won’t be good news…
International
Cranks emerging
Hank Nelson
28 January 2011
Hank Nelson
on a festive season of politics in Papua New Guinea
International
Shanghai sling
Peter Browne
28 January 2011
Although it symbolises China’s embrace of the market economy, Shanghai is still very much shaped by the party and entrenched corruption
Frontier crossings
David Corlett
20 January 2011
Regardless of the obstacles, people still try to cross the southern border into the United States.
David Corlett
talks to three of them
International
Family problems
Martin Stuart-Fox
19 January 2011
In the wake of the resignation of prime minister Bouasone Bouphavanh,
Martin Stuart-Fox
looks at politics and corruption in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
The homecoming
Xan Rice
17 January 2011
With counting under way in the southern Sudan independence referendum,
Xan Rice
meets up again with a former resident of the Kakuma refugee camp, Philip Ngor Bol
The gnashing of Putin’s teeth
Robert Horvath
7 January 2011
The crackdown on demonstrators in Moscow could be helping to unite the opposition, writes
Robert Horvath
in Moscow
International
In Belarus, the leopard flaunts his spots
John Besemeres
4 January 2011
Alexander Lukashenko’s brutal crackdown looks like another win for Moscow.
John Besemeres
traces the latest shift in orientation by the dictatorial president of Belarus
International
Beyond Burma’s stalemates
Nicholas Farrelly
31 December 2010
New parliaments and a new year –
Nicholas Farrelly
looks at the challenges for Burma and its democracy movement as the military attempts to remake the country’s image
International
Cancun: the glass half full
Michael Jacobs
16 December 2010
Cancun will restore confidence among governments and business that action is going to occur, writes
Michael Jacobs
, and that makes progress more likely
How would you like your revolution?
Frank Bongiorno
14 December 2010
The protests in Britain highlight how much the Liberal Democrats have compromised to share power, writes
Frank Bongiorno
in London. And where does that leave the new…
International
Watching North Korea
Danielle Chubb
13 December 2010
Relations are unlikely to be warm, but dealings with the North can be handled calmly, writes
Danielle Chubb
International
All or nothing?
Geoffrey Barker
2 December 2010
The WikiLeaks disclosures show the need to balance private and public diplomacy, writes
Geoffrey Barker
International
Global Gaza, Global Ummah
Amrita Malhi
2 December 2010
Malaysia’s Free Gaza campaign is pitched at both international and domestic audiences, writes
Amrita Malhi
International
Seven days that shook the world
John Besemeres
15 November 2010
The fall of the Berlin Wall was the iconic event in the unravelling of European communism. But it might not have happened without the strikes across Poland eight years earlier,…
International
Copenhagen was not a (complete) failure
Michael Jacobs
9 November 2010
Almost a year later, it’s easier to judge what was and wasn’t achieved in the Danish capital, writes
Michael Jacobs
– and what it means for this…
Another vineyard plague
Mike Veseth
8 November 2010
The Australian wine industry is caught in a perfect storm, writes The Wine Economist,
Mike Veseth
, in Tacoma, Washington
Feeling their pain
Frank Bongiorno
4 November 2010
We’re all in this together, the British chancellor told the nation as he announced sweeping cuts in spending. Britons aren’t up in arms yet, writes
Frank
…
International
Brazilians celebrate a coming of age
Zuleika Arashiro
4 November 2010
This nation of 192 million people has plenty to celebrate, writes
Zuleika Arashiro
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