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International After Khan Sheikhun Ross Burns 10 April 2017 Signs that Bashar al-Assad is panicking could create an opportunity to re-engage the Syrian peace talks International Hard cases make bad international law Kevin Boreham 10 April 2017 Without a clear strategy, the American strike on a Syrian airfield lacked both legality and effectiveness International Back to Bikini, forward to disarmament Nic Maclellan 27 March 2017 As governments begin negotiating a treaty to ban nuclear weapons, the Marshall Islands is still seeking justice for years of cold war testing International Trumpcare, Ryancare, or neither of the above? Lesley Russell 23 March 2017 With new afterword | Surprise in Congress: healthcare reform is complicated and politically fraught

National affairs One vote, one value? Peter Brent 27 January 2017 Translating the national vote into a fair election result shouldn’t be too hard. But neither the United States nor Australia has cracked it International The minus-fifteen president Rodney Tiffen 22 January 2017 He’s president now, with a record-breaking minus-fifteen favourability rating, and the argument about why it happened continues. Rodney Tiffen has been sifting the evidence International Handing the initiative to China John Fitzgerald 19 January 2017 Donald Trump undermines the global rules-based order at America’s own peril, and Australia risks being caught in the backwash International Making America sick again Lesley Russell 9 January 2017 As Republicans splinter and the real world intrudes, abolishing Obamacare is looking more difficult by the day

International The American rebellion Tim Colebatch 11 November 2016 With Republicans protecting the rich and Democrats failing to defend ordinary families, the time was ripe for an uprising National affairs Draining the inequality swamp Mike Steketee 11 November 2016 Donald Trump’s support partly reflects genuine economic uncertainties and fears. For Australian governments, the lessons are clear Correspondents Trumpland in Brexitannia: hands across the ocean? David Hayes 10 November 2016 America’s rage revolution echoes Britain’s referendum uprising. But does it bring the old allies closer? International What to watch for when you’re watching the presidential count Rodney Tiffen 7 November 2016 Behind the cut and thrust of the campaign, the past ten elections provide clues to the vital signs