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The decline in America’s financial supremacy just got faster
Adam Triggs
25 May 2020
Donald Trump and the Fed are combining with Covid-19 to undermine the dominance of the US dollar
International
Borrowed place, borrowed time?
Hamish McDonald
13 May 2020
Hong Kong seems to be heading into a long summer of trials, protests and electoral disqualifications
International
Geopolitics meets pandemic in the Pacific
Nic Maclellan
6 May 2020
As Pacific island nations reel from Cyclone Harold and the coronavirus, US–China tensions are complicating the path to recovery
International
Xanana Gusmão’s new parliamentary coalition collapses
Michael Leach
5 May 2020
… and its biggest party has asked the Court of Appeal to rule on presidential decision-making
International
India’s corona casualties
Assa Doron
4 May 2020
India’s firm action has been undermined by religious prejudice and poverty
International
Will the world population be in decline within fifty years?
Abul Rizvi
4 May 2020
New UN population projections could be understating the shift in the world’s population prospects
International
Giving back to Vanuatu
Murray Garde and Margaret Jolly
24 April 2020
Coming on top of recent volcanic activity, Cyclone Harold and Covid-19 are a dual challenge for the island nation
International
Why the attacks on the WHO are a dangerous diversion
Michael Bartos
16 April 2020
On the evidence, the World Health Organization will come out of this crisis better than its most vocal critics
International
Coronavirus carrier
Nic Maclellan
8 April 2020
The US military’s decision to move thousands of sailors from the stricken USS
Theodore Roosevelt
onto Guam has angered indigenous Chamoru people
International
Sweeping graves
Antonia Finnane
7 April 2020
The how, and the how many, of mourning the dead in China
International
American democracy on hold?
Lesley Russell
7 April 2020
In the lead-up to the presidential elections, Republicans are using whatever weapons they can lay their hands on
International
A failure of execution
Paul Hutchcroft & Ronald D. Holmes
4 April 2020
Despite lacking a coherent pandemic strategy, Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte is tightening his grip
International
Elephants in the room
Rowan Callick
30 March 2020
Xi Jinping and Donald Trump have turned the coronavirus into a test of their governing styles
International
Singapore’s early warning
Michael Barr
29 March 2020
The city state learned vital lessons from its slow response to SARS, but is politics starting to interfere?
International
“God will protect us, but He still wants us to wash our hands!”
Nic Maclellan
25 March 2020
Pacific islands are building on knowledge gained in previous crises, but enormous challenges lie ahead
International
Vladimir Putin: ruler for life?
Graeme Gill
16 March 2020
Could there be a less sinister reason why the Russian president wants the way open for a longer tenure?
International
Doomsday postponed
Andy Butfoy
13 March 2020
Did a fifty-year-old treaty really increase the possibility of nuclear war?
International
Mahathir’s choice
Ross Tapsell
28 February 2020
Less than two years after its historic election win, Malaysia’s ruling coalition is in chaos. How did it come to this?
International
Back to the future in Dili
Michael Leach
24 February 2020
Xanana Gusmão seems set to lead a new coalition government in Timor-Leste
International
Ailing giant
Rodney Tiffen
24 February 2020
In key areas, America’s performance is slipping compared to its peers
International
What’s in a name?
Antonia Finnane
17 February 2020
There are other things we should know about the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak
International
Delhi’s elections: roadblock or revolution?
Robin Jeffrey
14 February 2020
A setback for Narendra Modi’s BJP doesn’t necessarily foreshadow a loss of national support
International
Xi’s black swan test
Kerry Brown
2 February 2020
The coronavirus strikes at both the strongest and the most vulnerable features of the Chinese system
International
Known unknowns
Lesley Russell
19 January 2020
The trial of Donald Trump will feed into the Democratic primaries, the election, and beyond
International
Why Labour lost
Peter Brent
13 December 2019
How important was Brexit to the British election result?
International
The paradox of the People’s Liberation Army
Kerry Brown and Sophie Wushuang Yi
4 December 2019
Tightly controlled and generously funded, the PLA hasn’t seen battle overseas since 1979
International
The power of the ballot box
Rowan Callick
25 November 2019
Has the pro-democracy movement gained the upper hand by the most peaceful means possible?
International
How toilets and bugs bind us together
Assa Doron and Alex Broom
18 November 2019
The way India deals with sanitation affects us all
International
We’re way off course for Paris, says World Energy Outlook
Tim Colebatch
14 November 2019
Bringing down global emissions will require a “laser-like focus”
International
Where lawyering ends and illegality begins
Lesley Russell
5 November 2019
Donald Trump is drawing on decades of experience in pushing the law beyond its limits
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