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
28 January 2011
Hank Nelson on a festive season of politics in Papua New Guinea
International
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
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
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
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
7 January 2011
The crackdown on demonstrators in Moscow could be helping to unite the opposition, writes Robert Horvath in Moscow
International
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
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
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
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
13 December 2010
Relations are unlikely to be warm, but dealings with the North can be handled calmly, writes Danielle Chubb
International
2 December 2010
The WikiLeaks disclosures show the need to balance private and public diplomacy, writes Geoffrey Barker
International
2 December 2010
Malaysia’s Free Gaza campaign is pitched at both international and domestic audiences, writes Amrita Malhi
International
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
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…
8 November 2010
The Australian wine industry is caught in a perfect storm, writes The Wine Economist, Mike Veseth, in Tacoma, Washington
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
4 November 2010
This nation of 192 million people has plenty to celebrate, writes Zuleika Arashiro
4 November 2010
Identifying any common ground is almost impossible, writes Lesley Russell in Washington
International
29 October 2010
Fox News isn’t only partisan – it’s now an active player within the Republican Party. The consequences could be serious, writes Rodney Tiffen
International
27 October 2010
The cracks in the Italian government are growing wider, writes Geoff Andrews. But can the opposition rise to the challenge?
22 October 2010
May Ngo writes from Calais, where irregular migrants continue to take their chances on finding a way into Britain
14 October 2010
Americans vote soon in mid-term elections that are partly a referendum on the presidency. Lesley Russell looks at why the Democrats seem to be struggling despite the…
International
13 October 2010
Nicolas Sarkozy’s currency reform push will test the skills of the erratic French leader, writes Geoffrey Barker
6 October 2010
Afghanistan’s Hazara people, targeted by the Taliban, still have a strong reason to seek protection from countries like Australia, writes Michelle Dimasi in Kabul
International
6 October 2010
European governments are considering a plan to cut carbon emissions irrespective of what other countries decide, writes Michael Jacobs
29 September 2010
In London, Frank Bongiorno ponders the life of a highly productive expatriate who eventually returned to Australia, and those who have followed him
23 September 2010
Sweden’s election last weekend left the centre-right Alliance for Sweden with a slim hold on government after neither of the main alliances won a majority of votes. In…
21 September 2010
Liam Weeks writes from Ireland, where as many as 40 per cent of governments have relied on the support of independents in parliament