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The Fix: We still really don’t know PNG
The Fix: We still really don’t know PNG
We’re asking contributors to put together their own collected observations like this one – and as always, if you’ve got an idea to pitch for The Interpreter, drop a line via the…
The Moon: The great game on new turf
The Moon: The great game on new turf
There is something about humans and land. Even in the age of virtual reality, humans clamour for territory. When songs of hyper-globalisation were trending, Russia reinforced that…
Learning Cold War lessons of espionage anew
Learning Cold War lessons of espionage anew
Book review: Calder Walton, Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West (Hachette, 2023) It’s still not known how close the world came to nuclear war in November…
Fake news, propaganda, and the withering of commitment to truth
Fake news, propaganda, and the withering of commitment to truth
Book review: Alan Philps, The Red Hotel (Headline, 2023) In war, truth is supposed always to be the first casualty. We owe that insight to an isolationist American Senator,…
The Fix: Tray tables up, window blinds open
The Fix: Tray tables up, window blinds open
We’re asking contributors to put together their own collected observations like this one – and as always, if you’ve got an idea to pitch for The Interpreter, drop a line via the…
Shadows of the state: How Wagner Group extends Russian reach in Africa
Shadows of the state: How Wagner Group extends Russian reach in Africa
The Wagner Group was notorious long before its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin had his dramatic falling out with the Kremlin in recent weeks. Ostensibly a private military company,…
Why the F word matters if we’re serious about gender equality in foreign policy
Why the F word matters if we’re serious about gender equality in foreign policy
As Australia’s international development community awaits the highly anticipated new International Development Policy, another strategy is quietly being formulated. The Department…
Women belong everywhere and this World Cup proves football can be the great equaliser
Women belong everywhere and this World Cup proves football can be the great equaliser
For those who love sport as much as international policy, it’s a glorious moment when the two come together. And right now, all eyes are on the FIFA Women’s World Cup in…
The Fix: Long road to inspiration
The Fix: Long road to inspiration
We’re asking contributors to put together their own short collected observations like this one – and as always, if you’ve got an idea to pitch for The Interpreter, drop a line…
Far from the limelight, forgotten Afghans continue the fight
Far from the limelight, forgotten Afghans continue the fight
Book review: August in Kabul: America’s last days in Afghanistan, by Andrew Quilty (Melbourne University Press, 2022) Six months after the Taliban toppled the Ghani-led Afghan…