National affairs
16 December 2024
2024’s casualties among governments across the globe throw fresh light on the US result
International
5 March 2019
The Hanoi summit might have failed to reach an agreement, but it highlighted the dilemmas facing the regime
International
19 June 2018
With an economy in transition, the regime is under greater pressure to reach a deal
International
9 May 2018
Just weeks before his meeting with Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump has pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear agreement. What is likely to happen next?
International
29 January 2018
Can the major powers capitalise on the shift in North–South relations?
International
27 September 2017
North Korea’s threat to detonate a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean echoes the US nuclear missile tests of the early 1960s. As this extract from Nic Maclellan’s new book…
International
7 September 2017
Beijing’s response to North Korea is constrained by its own security concerns
International
31 July 2017
Empty threats by the Trump administration are serving Beijing’s interests
International
9 March 2017
Character and content can be hard to disentangle in assessing Donald Trump’s international security policies
International
16 April 2014
A weak North Korea might suit Beijing for the moment, writes Kerry Brown, but the longer-term problems facing the creaking communist regime aren’t going away
International
29 December 2011
Kim Jong-un’s accession comes at a time of change in the region, underlining the need for a nuanced response from Western countries
International
13 December 2010
Relations are unlikely to be warm, but dealings with the North can be handled calmly, writes Danielle Chubb
Books & arts
5 August 2010
There’s something very different about this renegade nation
International
3 June 2010
A major new Lowy Institute report is likely to influence Australia’s approach in Asia, writes Geoffrey Barker