Asia
Pacific leadership: PNG gets its chance
Competing claims for leadership of the Pacific Islands region are reinforcing doubts about the efficacy of regional architecture in the lead-up to the Pacific Islands Forum…
China links: Pollution, economic slowdown, US-Japan and more
RBC Global Asset Management says China headed for a severe slowdown, despite strong trade figures.
Nothing new here, but it's a brilliant summary: an Economist video which…
India links: Kashmir deaths, missile defence, tourism, Bollywood, The Last word and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Lowy Institute research associate. Her work focuses on Indian foreign and domestic policy, India-China relations and Asian security.
On Tuesday, five…
Flat-tops everywhere
A quick update on the regional boom in 'flat-tops'; that is true aircraft carriers for fast-jet operations and also amphibious ships with large flight decks designed to carry…
The Pacific in the foreign policy debate
It was great to see Australia's relations with Pacific Islands feature in last night's foreign policy debate and particularly pleasing to see this issue raised outside of the…
Movie trailer: The Attack
The Attack is a Lebanese (and French, Qatari and Belgian) production about an Israeli surgeon of Palestinian descent who discovers that his wife was a suicide bomber. Powerful…
Cambodia: A humbled Hun Sen?
Much of the external commentary on the Cambodian election results has had a distinct character of schadenfreude, with the Economist's take a typical example.
I have no doubt that…
Singapore, you're creeping us out
Actually, that headline's a little unfair. It's Mentos that's responsible for this weird four-minute ad to mark Singapore's National Day (9 August). Last year Mentos produced a…
Iran: Rouhani needs willing foreign partners
Dina Esfandiary is an Iran specialist and a Research Associate in the Non-proliferation and Disarmament programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Iran's new…
African Islamic world in turmoil
Dr Daniel Woker is the former Swiss Ambassador to Australia and now a Senior Lecturer at the University of St Gallen.
It took the presidential elections of 28 July in Mali (now…