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International Making nice and making enemies John Besemeres 10 December 2015 Vladimir Putin’s actions in the Middle East reflect his view that all relationships are zero-sum games, writes John Besemeres Books & arts Unleashed Jane Goodall 13 November 2015 Television | What kind of species are we? A night in front of the TV had some answers, writes Jane Goodall Correspondents Is Germany able to do this? Klaus Neumann 29 October 2015 In the third of a series of articles about Germany’s response to the refugee crisis, Klaus Neumann reports from the German–Austrian border Correspondents Germany divided Klaus Neumann 27 October 2015 Twenty-five years after reunification, the mass arrival of refugees in recent weeks has exposed old and new fault lines, writes Klaus Neumann

Essays & reportage “A striking illustration of how noble compassion can circle the globe” Klaus Neumann 12 June 2015 The low-key public debate over the arrival of European refugees in the late 1930s contrasts dramatically with the outcry when Jewish Holocaust survivors arrived nearly a decade… Correspondents Myanmar and the Rohingya: the case for quiet diplomacy Thomas Kean 8 June 2015 Without letting the government off the hook, we need to recognise the pressures that influence Myanmar’s policies in Rakhine State, writes Thomas Kean in Yangon National affairs Equal protection of the law? Savitri Taylor 14 May 2015 Has Australia cut itself adrift from international law? Savitri Taylor looks at the implications of recent refugee-related legislation International Boat people and gunships in the Mediterranean Klaus Neumann 12 May 2015 The challenge is to convince European governments and civil society that there is no easy solution to irregular migration, writes Klaus Neumann. In the meantime,…

Essays & reportage “Queue jumpers” and the perils of crossing Sydney Harbour on a Manly ferry Klaus Neumann 1 October 2014 The treatment of boat arrivals during the 1977 federal election campaign shows that political orthodoxy doesn’t always prevail, writes Klaus Neumann National affairs Beyond Operation Sovereign Borders Bob Douglas and Claire Higgins 1 August 2014 A roundtable of experienced policy-makers and stakeholders looked at better ways of managing the asylum seeker caseload, write Bob Douglas and Claire Higgins Essays & reportage Unlawful deliveries Peter Mares 26 June 2014 Babies born in detention are taking the federal government to court. Meanwhile, being locked up is making their parents dangerously ill, writes Peter Mares Books & arts New Zealand as a refuge: half-myths and partial realities David Pearson 8 May 2014 David Pearson reviews a careful but challenging account of New Zealand’s treatment of refugees and asylum seekers