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International “I’ll tell you, they are all exactly the same” Rosita Armytage 27 July 2018 Imran Khan the prime minister won’t necessarily look like Imran Khan the candidate Correspondents “Here we are, living it again, as though we didn’t learn our lesson” Margaret Simons 4 July 2018 Profile | Filipino senator Risa Hontiveros faces jail for protecting witnesses to a brutal state-sponsored killing. Has the country’s politics come full circle? International Is North Korea behaving differently this time? Justin Hastings 19 June 2018 With an economy in transition, the regime is under greater pressure to reach a deal International What sort of country will Malaysia become? Tim Colebatch 16 May 2018 Can the five parties of the governing coalition reconcile very different priorities?

Books & Arts ASEAN as a bloody miracle Graeme Dobell 12 December 2017 Books | Somehow, this extraordinarily diverse group of countries has held together for half a century. Can it last? Correspondents Duterte opens up a new front Norman Abjorensen 10 November 2017 Letter from Manila | Even the highest reaches of the law might not be immune to Rodrigo Duterte’s assault on accountability International The calm before the storm? Kerry Brown 28 October 2017 What did an orderly party congress reveal about China’s priorities for the next half-decade? International Nothing happened Walter Hamilton 23 October 2017 Bad weather and new parties weren’t enough to loosen Shinzo Abe’s grip on Japanese politics. But a low turnout suggests widespread dissatisfaction

International A costly bluffing game Hugh White 31 July 2017 Empty threats by the Trump administration are serving Beijing’s interests International Territory trouble Louise Merrington 12 July 2017 Despite more than a century of negotiations, the China–India border dispute has flared again, this time under two strongly nationalist leaders Books & Arts The fearfully pragmatic heart of Australian diplomacy Graeme Dobell 20 June 2017 Books | Australia’s diplomatic capabilities are about to be tested again Correspondents Battling asbestos, one step at a time Tom Greenwell 11 May 2017 Recent events have revealed the power of the asbestos industry – and, in Indonesia, a powerful determination to fight it