Inside Story

National affairs “Our boats, our people, our knowledge” Antje Missbach & Anne Mcnevin 5 November 2014 Australia is sending dubious messages to Indonesian fishing communities, write Antje Missbach and Anne McNevin National affairs Beyond deterrence: reframing the asylum seeker debate Anne McNevin, Damir Mitric, Klaus Neumann & Savitri Taylor & Peter Mares 13 October 2014 It’s time to fundamentally rethink Australia’s approach to asylum seekers, free of narrow assumptions about what’s politically feasible, write Anne … Retrospective China wakes, Asia quakes, Australia shivers Graeme Dobell 25 July 2014 Will this contest be more like a nineteenth-century battle than a twentieth-century clash? International Fear and favour Ross Tapsell 16 July 2014 The polarisation of Indonesia’s media during the election campaign has renewed the debate over the nexus between proprietors and politics, writes Ross Tapsell

The puzzle of Rusdi Kirana and Islamic politics Greg Fealy 6 April 2014 Parachuted into the senior ranks of the National Awakening Party, the ethnic Chinese businessman has helped changed the equation among Islamic parties in Indonesia, writes… International The ten-year search for Somchai Kate Hehir 7 March 2014 One woman’s fight for justice following the disappearance of her lawyer husband has revealed a climate of corruption and deceit in Thailand. As the ten-year anniversary… The Jokowi phenomenon Ross Tapsell 16 January 2014 In Jakarta, Ross Tapsell profiles the city governor who could be the next president of Indonesia Essays & reportage Cold war, soft diplomacy Alan Fewster 14 January 2014 As the Cold War intensified in the mid fifties, Australia saw a special role for itself in disseminating information and propaganda in Southeast Asia, writes Alan Fewster

Essays & reportage Casey, the dirt boys and the grey material Alan Fewster 2 September 2013 A cross-dressing MI6 agent and a shadowy British anti-communist propaganda outfit were key players in the development of Australia’s cold war “soft diplomacy” program National affairs No country is an island Arja Keski-Nummi 27 June 2013 Arja Keski-Nummi looks at how Australia can take the lead in developing regional solutions to the regional challenge of informal migration International Triumph of the machine Edward Aspinall 7 May 2013 Rural dynamics explain the government’s victory in the Malaysian election, argues Edward Aspinall Can Malaysia find life after the National Front? Amrita Malhi 4 May 2013 A historic election campaign reopened old questions about what kind of nation Malaysia should be, writes Amrita Malhi in Kuala Lumpur