26 Feb 2019 16:00
Behind every mujahid there is a mujahidi
In Syria or Australia, childbearing or weapons-wielding, everyone’s contribution to violent jihad can be different.
Long reads
26 Feb 2019 13:30
The pressure to curb arms sales to Saudi Arabia
Australia is finally considering joining like-minded governments in ending military support to Saudi Arabia.
26 Feb 2019 6:00
The gloom about Myanmar’s economy
Many problems can be sheeted home Aung San Suu Kyi – even if there are few critics willing to suggest alternatives.
25 Feb 2019 15:00
Trump-Kim summit II: North Korea’s superficial modernisation
Needing a bike to deliver medicines but having a TV in most households exemplifies the development paradox.
25 Feb 2019 13:00
Pakistan: the wrongheaded crowdfund for mega dams
Collecting donations is not the solution to the country’s woes, Pakistan’s duty-of-care is not absolved.
25 Feb 2019 10:30
The movie moment: how the Oscars reflect the world around us
Oscar nominees are a window into current concerns and preoccupations: what strikes a chord and the issues of our time.
25 Feb 2019 6:00
Paladin, Manus, and private security: a treacherous history
A huge contract going to a little-known company recalls the worrying precedent of unscrupulous private security firms.
22 Feb 2019 17:30
Trouble in Munich: the transatlantic breakup
Europe and America read from diverging scripts at the annual strategic confab, the Munich Security Conference.
22 Feb 2019 16:00
The botched Amazon deal and its importance for 2020 US elections
The Amazon case highlights tensions between the progressive young guns and moderate older guard in American politics.
30 Jan 2019 6:00
Australia’s new Pacific Czar
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s new Office of the Pacific is a sign of the step up being made real.
1 Feb 2019 10:00
WhatsApp targets fake news in lead-up to Indonesian elections
In an effort to curb misinformation, WhatsApp will limit message forwards. Could this affect Indonesia’s elections?
8 Feb 2019 13:30
Is Australia wise to pick sides in US-China trade war?
Reported comments by Australia’s ambassador to the US warning Trump against a “pyrrhic” win with China seem out of step.
7 Feb 2019 13:00
The Vietnamese venue will shape the second Trump-Kim summit
Trump and Kim Jong-un will meet in Vietnam, a backdrop with history for the US and promise for North Korea.
4 Feb 2019 15:30
Will a sugar tax solve Southeast Asia’s growing diabetes problem?
Southeast Asia now has an estimated 96 million people suffering from Type II diabetes, a fifth of all cases worldwide.
8 Feb 2019 15:00
Blocking asylum, by sea and air
Sometimes the dangers for refugees in transit are presented by the very people from whom they seek protection.
6 Feb 2019 6:00
Through the Taliban’s eyes: peace prospects in Afghanistan
Insights gleaned from Taliban documents suggest little chance of an escape from strife.
31 Jan 2019 12:00
Don’t “crush” Abu Sayyaf perpetrators, debrief them
Vital information is lost when the Philippines military is encouraged to kill rather than arrest the perpetrators.
4 Feb 2019 6:00
Giving Australia a sporting chance
Diplomacy in the Pacific should exploit one of Australia’s special attributes – the love of competition.
13 Dec 2018 17:00
What went wrong? Taiwan fails to legalise same-sex marriage
Foreign influence helped scupper a bid to be the first Asian nation to formally legalise gay marriage.
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21 Nov 2018 16:00
Timor-Leste: refining agreements in the Greater Sunrise
Timor-Leste’s sees a purchase of US energy group ConocoPhilips’s stake in Greater Sunrise as a “seat at the table”.
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2 Nov 2018 6:00
Yemen, Khashoggi, and the deadly Saudi trade
No one denies Western weapons are used in Yemen but it took a journalist’s death to focus on arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
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31 Oct 2018 10:30
Caught in the net: slavery on Southeast Asian seas
The seafood you bought from your local market could have been caught by a slave.
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16 Oct 2018 6:00
The corridor of power
The remote Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan was central to the Silk Road, Great Game, and Cold War – now China has plans.
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11 Oct 2018 14:15
Facing ghosts of the past in Bougainville
Post-war justice has been elusive, but until grievances are confronted, the consequences of impunity can be deadly.
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6 Sep 2018 14:30
China’s tech bubble
As debts mount and liquidity begins to dry up, it will soon become clear how much the growth of tech start-ups was fact.
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17 Aug 2018 14:30
Electric vehicles and industrial policy
A dramatic shift in the global automotive market sees electric vehicles, once viewed as toys, gaining momentum.
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6 Aug 2018 15:00
International broadcasting: not so simple as ABC
Australia’s future international public broadcasting should be placed in the hands of a new independent body.
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