International
8 September 2011
With elections looming, speculation is mounting about whether Vladimir Putin or Dmitry Medvedev (or even someone else) will be the ruling establishment’s presidential…
7 September 2011
Given the fragility of Pakistan’s democratic transition, the need for electoral reforms is as urgent as ever, writes the International Crisis Group’s Samina Ahmed
International
31 August 2011
Deep political disillusionment in India won’t be solved simply by creating a new anti-corruption czar, writes Robin Jeffrey
International
26 August 2011
The US president should start by articulating sound short-term and longer-term economic policies
International
17 August 2011
The distinguished anthropologist I.M. Lewis discusses the background to the famine in Somalia
16 August 2011
Infection and death rates are down in many countries, writes Xan Rice. Now the challenge is to consolidate and extend those gains
16 August 2011
Four days and nights of riotous disorder are a potent argument for social repair. But lack of agreement on fundamentals could soon prove fatal to the chances, says David Hayes
11 August 2011
In Poland and Russia John Besemeres found two countries heading in quite different directions
10 August 2011
Despite defeating his brother in a long and hard-fought leadership campaign, it’s still not clear what British Labour leader Ed Miliband stands for, writes Frank Bongiorno
1 August 2011
Daniel Nethery reports from post-revolutionary Tunis
International
1 August 2011
The world’s energy policy-makers are watching as the Merkel government takes the lead, writes Michael Jacobs
26 July 2011
Frank Bongiorno looks at the growing influence of Labour peer Maurice Glasman on the British opposition party
25 July 2011
It’s becoming much easier to fly within Africa, writes Xan Rice as he visits the world’s newest nation
21 July 2011
Is “merit” the new demarcation line in British society, asks Frank Bongiorno in London
International
7 July 2011
Thailand’s new government faces the difficult challenge of keeping traditional enemies relatively happy, writes Nicholas Farrelly
International
30 June 2011
A change in leadership style is only a first step for the Philippines
29 June 2011
In the thirty years since AIDS was first identified much has been achieved, says Lesley Russell, but much still needs to be done to strengthen the international response
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…