Books & arts
9 December 2024
How will competition and cooperation between Russia and China in Central Asia affect the global balance of power?
Books & arts
12 September 2024
Silk Road sceptic William Dalrymple argues for the centrality of India in ancient times
International
30 August 2024
A military analyst and an economist see Myanmar’s junta heading towards a desperate fight for survival
National affairs
23 August 2024
Rather than American or Chinese ascendancy in Asia, we’re likely to be facing a “long in-between.” Where does that leave AUKUS?
International
21 August 2024
The rebellion that put Muhammad Yunus at the helm should prompt reflection in Canberra and other foreign capitals
International
7 May 2024
Singapore faces a future without a Lee
National affairs
22 April 2024
As a China-watching think tank winds up after Morrison-era cuts, a respected analyst reviews government funding for security-related research and education
National affairs
31 July 2023
A group of Japanese foreign policy experts has a message for the Australian government
Books & arts
17 March 2023
Democracy has spread in a distinctive way among Asia’s success stories
International
23 December 2022
Challenges at home are contributing to a tentative shift in relations with the West
Books & arts
14 December 2022
A historian rescues a former leader from the party’s airbrushers
International
25 November 2022
Heir apparent in the 1990s, Anwar Ibrahim has finally taken Malaysia’s top job
Essays & reportage
17 December 2021
Singapore is good at solving economic problems, but its political stagnation is stopping it from dealing with urgent social challenges
International
12 November 2021
Bad decisions on both sides are getting in the way of any moves to recognise the new regime in Kabul
National affairs
4 October 2021
Australia’s retreat to the Anglosphere has implications beyond defence and trade
International
15 September 2021
Japan’s Liberal Democrats face a choice between the past and the future
Books & arts
17 May 2021
How do you squeeze China’s history into 250 pages?
Books & arts
2 May 2021
How can Southeast Asian countries embrace China without being crushed?
Essays & reportage
30 April 2021
The Chinese president has rewritten the post-Mao rules, and the global implications could be profound
Books & arts
2 February 2021
Books | Historian Tim Harper enters the hidden world of early-twentieth-century Asian revolutionaries
International
30 October 2020
National renewal is on hold while the government focuses on next weekend’s election
International
3 September 2020
Can a detached and inexperienced king cope with an unprecedented shift in popular sentiment?
International
26 June 2020
Amid the pandemic, trouble among Lee Kuan Yew’s descendants will shape next month’s election result
National affairs
27 May 2020
A national institution’s inward turn comes at a strange time
International
4 April 2020
Despite lacking a coherent pandemic strategy, Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte is tightening his grip
International
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
17 February 2020
There are other things we should know about the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak
International
14 February 2020
A setback for Narendra Modi’s BJP doesn’t necessarily foreshadow a loss of national support
Correspondents
13 January 2020
Taiwanese voters add their voice to opponents of Xi Jinping’s ambitions
National affairs
25 November 2019
Loss of confidence in political parties could translate into disengagement from our region