Essays & reportage
21 October 2024
Can the “brainy and agile” Penny Wong counter the power of US-centric defence and security agencies?
Books & arts
9 October 2024
Canny coalition-building fuelled the ascendancy of Indonesia’s Joko Widodo. But does his chosen successor represent continuity or change?
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?
Books & arts
20 June 2024
Indonesia’s emergence was both more violent and more pioneering than commonly imagined
International
7 May 2024
Singapore faces a future without a Lee
Books & arts
14 December 2023
Fifty years later, the Vietnam war still echoes around Southeast Asia and across the Pacific
International
27 October 2023
Despite potential pitfalls, the Indonesian president seems set on creating a new political dynasty
International
25 October 2023
Preoccupied with other conflicts, the democratic world is passing up the chance to shift the dynamics in Myanmar
National affairs
24 October 2023
… and other encounters with Bill Hayden, foreign minister 1983–88
Books & arts
26 August 2023
A seasoned analyst outlines the strategy Australia should have debated before the latest bout of defence spending
International
17 August 2023
With the country’s Islamists still stuck in Constantinople, Anwar’s government looks likely to hold
International
18 July 2023
Can a tide of popular opinion prevail over a defensive conservative elite?
International
4 July 2023
As pre-election jockeying intensifies in Indonesia, it’s looking like “Jokowi volume two” versus the violent-tempered former general
International
23 May 2023
Will the political establishment finally recognise that voter sentiment has shifted decisively?
Books & arts
17 March 2023
Democracy has spread in a distinctive way among Asia’s success stories
International
25 November 2022
Heir apparent in the 1990s, Anwar Ibrahim has finally taken Malaysia’s top job
Essays & reportage
1 November 2022
Penny Wong wants an Australia that’s more than just a supporting player in the grand drama of global geopolitics
Essays & reportage
11 October 2022
Optus’s troubles shine a light on the company’s ultimate controller, the hydra-headed Singapore Inc.
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
16 July 2021
Australia is still making up its mind how to respond to the coup in Myanmar
From the archive
25 June 2021
A seasoned observer of Indonesian politics has written a gripping account of Soeharto’s early years
International
4 May 2021
Myanmar’s revolutionaries won’t wait for the Southeast Asian grouping to act decisively
Books & arts
2 May 2021
How can Southeast Asian countries embrace China without being crushed?
Correspondents
5 March 2021
Letter from Yangon | Resolute citizens continue to face off with an intransigent military in Myanmar
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