Inside Story

Correspondents You can’t negotiate on an empty stomach Nic Maclellan 6 December 2024 A government collapses in Paris, and the shockwaves extend as far as Nouméa Correspondents “Better a bad deal than a good civil war” Nic Maclellan 15 November 2024 France has delayed elections in New Caledonia to enable negotiations on a new political statute. But what happens if a deal can’t be struck? Books & arts The impress of war Gary Werskey 12 October 2024 How Paris’s “Terrible Year” shaped impressionist art Correspondents Oil and water Nic Maclellan 23 July 2024 As protests continue across New Caledonia, a high-profile Loyalist politician claims indigenous Kanak and the West are divided by “insurmountable antagonisms”

National affairs Going nuclear Nicholas Stuart 23 September 2021 The AUKUS alliance represents a dramatic step away from multilateral diplomacy. Or is it a first step towards an independent nuclear deterrent?   Books & arts That elusive je ne sais quoi Alexis Bergantz 25 July 2021 Why did French culture matter not only to French migrants but also to colonial Australians? 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 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

Correspondents Global Britain’s frayed edges Nic Maclellan 7 February 2020 In the South Pacific, France is the likely beneficiary of Brexit Books & arts A story that refuses to accept its own moral Tom Greenwell 17 April 2019 Books | Was the Vietnam war a failed but noble bid to save a free nation, or a stubborn attempt to thwart self-determination? Correspondents Ouvea looks forward, and back Nic Maclellan 26 October 2018 With New Caledonia’s self-determination vote looming, our correspondent visits the scene of a turning point in the independence struggle National affairs A Macron moment Natalie J. Doyle 3 May 2018 Macronmania came to Australia this week, but back in France the president might be facing his “Thatcher moment”