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Lest we forget Afghanistan
Hamish McDonald
12 November 2021
Bad decisions on both sides are getting in the way of any moves to recognise the new regime in Kabul
International
On the shoulders of giants
Nic Maclellan
9 November 2021
Pacific voices, young and old, have been calling for action at COP26
International
Bridging the jab divide
Lesley Russell
5 November 2021
Rich countries have dragged their feet on promises to help less well-off countries vaccinate. But there are small signs of progress
International
Last call for China’s drinking culture?
Linda Jaivin
28 October 2021
China is waking up to the downside of its world-beating level of alcohol consumption
International
From the Ludlow Massacre to the Nobel Prize
Brett Evans
21 October 2021
How one of the worst days in US labour history led to this month’s prize for economist David Card
International
Chateaued dream
Brett Evans
14 October 2021
The political risk was missing from the price tag of the Czech PM’s luxury hideaway
International
AUKUS disrupts “a very peaceful part of planet Earth”
Nic Maclellan
14 October 2021
With anti-nuclear sentiment on the rise across the islands, the Morrison government’s nuclear submarine ambitions have undercut the prime minister’s claim to be part of the…
International
Divining the Plenum
Kerry Brown
7 October 2021
Next month’s plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee will be anything but normal
International
Shooting down the “girlie guns”
Linda Jaivin
4 October 2021
Beijing’s crackdown on
niangpao
reflects anxieties dating back to Europe’s nineteenth-century incursions
International
Joe Biden peers into the abyss
Lesley Russell
3 October 2021
The US president knows very well what history says about protracted and acrimonious legislative disputes
International
Retro-nationalism’s vanquisher?
Hamish McDonald
15 September 2021
Japan’s Liberal Democrats face a choice between the past and the future
International
First kisses and invisible red lines
Linda Jaivin
3 September 2021
Chinese podcasts offer revealing, moving and sometimes funny insights into life in the People’s Republic
International
Our enemy’s enemy
Hamish McDonald
27 August 2021
Yesterday’s bombings in Kabul underline the choices facing Western countries
International
Malaysian democracy comes full circle
Amrita Malhi
24 August 2021
Out of the turmoil, the party that lost the last election is back leading a new government
International
From Korea to Kabul, and beyond
Andy Butfoy
23 August 2021
If the past is any guide, failure in Afghanistan won’t end Washington’s military activism
International
A dissident’s lament
Kerry Brown
19 August 2021
Xu Zhangrun has more to offer that simple dissent
International
Lost in translation
Emma Shortis
18 August 2021
Will the chaotic withdrawal from another war zone finally change how the United States and Australia deal with conflict?
International
Mission unaccomplished
Mark Baker
18 August 2021
Another round of foreign interference in Afghanistan has been dealt a thoroughly predictable blow
International
Home front victories
Lesley Russell
17 August 2021
Autumn approaches with Joe Biden on a domestic high
International
Get serious, world
Brett Evans
13 August 2021
It might be a very bad film, but
The Day After Tomorrow
has a message for today
International
Off-the-shelf spyware
Brett Evans
22 July 2021
We haven’t heard the last of Pegasus, the authoritarian government’s friend
International
Macron, memory and Moruroa
Nic Maclellan
21 July 2021
The French president won’t be able to avoid the legacies of nuclear testing when he visits Tahiti this week
International
“Not doing something is itself a statement”
Hamish McDonald
16 July 2021
Australia is still making up its mind how to respond to the coup in Myanmar
International
The party that kicked the hornets’ nest
Andrew Vandenberg
3 July 2021
The Left Party’s support for a motion from the far right has brought Sweden’s political divisions to a head
International
A prime minister’s long goodbye
Jon Fraenkel
1 July 2021
In a bid to end the constitutional crisis, Samoa’s Supreme Court has ruled that parliament must meet by 5 July
International
Third time lucky in New Caledonia?
Nic Maclellan
15 June 2021
France’s unilateral decision to bring forward a third independence vote might end in tears
International
Beijing’s war on memory
Louisa Lim
9 June 2021
The speed and range of the crackdown in Hong Kong has been dizzying
International
Roe v Wade v Trump
Lesley Russell
1 June 2021
The one-term president and his allies have had an outsized impact on abortion rights
International
A thousand frontiers
Dimi Reider
16 May 2021
Why Netanyahu and Hamas both risk losing control of the conflict in Gaza
International
“Everyone has a horror story to tell”
Robin Jeffrey
12 May 2021
Can the Indian government find the will to turn the pandemic into a “binding crisis”?
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