3 Apr 2018
Aid and development links: cut or not, gender and water, trade in Central America, and more
Links and stories from the aid and development sector.
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3 Apr 2018
Small dots, large strategic areas: US interests in the South Pacific
The US would be wise to further invest in ensuring that the Pacific nations retain their independence, freedom, and sovereignty. -
3 Apr 2018
Words that count: New Caledonia’s referendum question
The continued divide in Caledonian society is shown by the very formulation of the question that will help decide the territory’s future. -
2 Apr 2018
China: the party, the state, and the new anti-graft body
Xi Jinping has taken a significant risk with reforms of the anti-corruption system. -
1 Apr 2018
Leslie – 15 years on
Leslie Cheung was known as the “Elvis of Hong Kong” and his legacy shows LGBT+ issues remain very much taboo in Chinese culture. -
31 Mar 2018
Weekend catch-up: Xi meets Kim, taxing the tech giants, and Australia’s cricketing shame
The week that was on The Interpreter. -
30 Mar 2018
Deterrence under the dragon’s shadow: Vietnam’s military modernisation
Vietnam has long sought to calibrate its defence posture in the shadows of great power competition. -
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29 Mar 2018
Economic diplomacy brief: TPP trade reform, remaking aid, and Indonesian relations
Talk of new aid cuts raise new questions about what sort of serious alternative can be fashioned to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. -
29 Mar 2018
Indonesia: millennials’ party
A party for the youth of Indonesia has won over social media, but still faces plenty of obstacles to success. -
29 Mar 2018
Timor Trough: the rumpled carpet on the sea floor
A Timor Sea maritime boundary beyond the median line was never reasonable. -
29 Mar 2018
Trump, Kim, and the deal of the century
Trump ought to offer Kim a grand bargain: give up your ICBM program, and we will withdraw our troops from South Korea. -
29 Mar 2018
The exciting prospects of a strong defence industry
Australia will never be able to compete globally making T-shirts. But we can compete with high-end, world-beating defence equipment. -
28 Mar 2018
Hot take: what does Kim Jong-un’s trip to China mean?
<p>Events are moving fast now and the Beijing trip means a Trump–Kim summit is increasingly likely.</p> -
28 Mar 2018
Pacific Islands links: PNG earthquake recovery, rubbish and recycling, and more
Links and stories from around the Pacific by The Interpreter team. -
28 Mar 2018
US–North Korea summit: can Trump deliver?
Trump’s propensity to walk away from promises will hang over the talks with Kim Jong-un. -
28 Mar 2018
Mekong: more dams, more damage
Asia’s great river is under growing threat from hydropower. -
28 Mar 2018
Indonesia: countering a message of hate
Efforts to tackle radicalisation are being held back by a lack of knowledge and problems of official coordination. -
27 Mar 2018
Skripal: the West escalates, but where is the proof?
Governments should not rely on assertion and bombast, which is what has happened in the Skripal case. -
27 Mar 2018
South China Sea: the Philippine fissure
Rodrigo Duterte is still to resolve tensions between accommodating China and maintaining strong US ties. -
27 Mar 2018
Aid and development links: vanilla fever in Madagascar, textbooks in Kenya, and more
Links and stories from the aid and development sector. -
27 Mar 2018
Profit shifting: digital fat cats in national tax gaps
Companies should make a fair contribution to running the countries in which they create value and earn profits. -
27 Mar 2018
Why are some Indian movies made tax-free?
Tax exemption allows Indian states to exercise moral authority over cinema, and to promote select actors and producers. -
26 Mar 2018
The sky is falling again: should we worry?
The risk from large satellites hitting Earth are low, but not zero, and the world needs to do more to ensure the safe disposal of space infrastructure. -
26 Mar 2018
The cost to Australia’s reputation from cricket’s scandal
Sneaky and inept is how Australia is presented to the world by the actions of the national team. -
26 Mar 2018
Myanmar: no country for young men
The resignation of the ageing president last week shows the National League for Democracy needs leadership renewal. -
26 Mar 2018
Getting aid governance right after the Oxfam scandal
Five steps for aid organisations to build and sustain the trust crucial to their work. -
24 Mar 2018
Weekend catch-up: the Taiwan Strait, trade wars, and ASEAN’s aftermath
The week that was on The Interpreter. -
23 Mar 2018
What to expect from John Bolton at the White House
It’s unclear whether Bolton’s hawkish views will transfer into reality in office. -
23 Mar 2018
Happiness and the “China Dream”
The Chinese Communist Party has embraced happiness as an aspiration and a mission – not for the first time. -
23 Mar 2018
Zucker punched
Facebook is unlikely to have been as surprised by the Cambridge Analytica revelations as Zuckerberg has claimed. -
23 Mar 2018
Cross-strait tensions rising, but Chinese aircraft carrier poses no threat
Sending the Liaoning through the Taiwan Strait may signal China’s displeasure, but in military terms is an irrelevance. -
22 Mar 2018
The challenges to women on Bougainville
Even if independence is a spur for economic development, social and political difficulties still lie ahead. -
22 Mar 2018
Migration and border policy links: “chain migration” discourse, labour mobility, and more
Links and updates from across the migration and border policy field. -
22 Mar 2018
Q&A: China’s mounting great wall of debt
Richard McGregor talks to Dinny McMahon, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, about his grass-roots tour of the underworld of Chinese finance. -
21 Mar 2018
What next for the anti-whale hunters?
If Japan caused headaches, a fight with China about activists at sea will be very awkward for Australia. -
21 Mar 2018
Pacific Islands links: New Caledonia referendum, Vanuatu Deputy PM sentenced, and more
Links and stories from around the Pacific by The Interpreter team. -
21 Mar 2018
The urgent need for leadership on the Rohingya crisis
The most overcrowded refugee camp on the planet has more than twice the population of Canberra crammed into an area the size of beachside Victorian town Sorrento. -
21 Mar 2018
Silent Invasion: the question of race
Clive Hamilton challenges Australians to recognise the true victims of the Chinese Communist Party’s actions. -
21 Mar 2018
The RAMSI legacy for Pacific policing
The benefits for Pacific Islands police in professionalism and training was a largely unplanned by-product of the 14-year mission to Solomon Islands. -
20 Mar 2018
Najib makes electoral hay from ASEAN-Australia Summit
<p>Malaysia’s Prime Minister had an eye on an audience at home while striding an international stage in Sydney at the weekend.</p> -
20 Mar 2018
Intellectual property: the big risk in US–China ties
China will certainly respond to a forthcoming US investigation and exports penalties with sanctions of its own. -
20 Mar 2018
Indonesia’s “Islamic diplomacy” seeks to broker an Afghan peace
This is not the first time Jakarta has sought opportunities by mediating a peace process, but there are plenty of obstacles. -
20 Mar 2018
The sky is not falling on Asia’s central banks
Each ephemeral piece of news is presented as a narrative of impending doom. -
19 Mar 2018
ASEAN Summit wrap: living with neighbours, managing China’s alternative, and bridges to somewhere
From missed media moments to remarkable bridges, Greg Earl on the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit. -
19 Mar 2018
Aid and development links: Chinese aid agency, electrification in Kenya, and more
Links and stories from the aid and development sector. -
19 Mar 2018
China’s new aid agency
An independent agency to oversee China’s expanding aid program is a first step in the right direction. -
19 Mar 2018
Resettlement in PNG was never a viable option
When funding stops for the Manus Island refugees, so does the ability to care. -
19 Mar 2018
Sexual violence back to the fore in India
Little has changed since 2012 when a gang rape in Delhi sparked global outrage. -
17 Mar 2018
Weekend catch-up: ASEAN carnival, Tamil rappers, “You’re fired!”, and more
The week that was on The Interpreter.