16 Mar 2018
What DFAT really thinks of Australia joining ASEAN
<p>An indiscreet former foreign minister gave a valuable insight into the costs of membership.</p>
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16 Mar 2018
Australia, Asia, and the “Wealth of Nations”
A new World Bank report allows stronger judgments about economic issues facing the region. -
16 Mar 2018
Russian pragmatism on display in South East Asia
Moscow has little to sell besides gas, oil, and military hardware – and that drives Russian policy in the region. -
16 Mar 2018
The patchy results of China’s soft power efforts
China is merging departments in a bid to further enhance its cultural influence. -
16 Mar 2018
Australia–Indonesia: strangers next door
Two-way tensions, fears, and misunderstandings signal that bilateral ties face a bumpy ride ahead. -
16 Mar 2018
South Korea says #MeToo as sexual allegations topple prominent figures
Korea has made rapid strides as a nation in a relatively short period of time but lags as a patriarchal society. -
15 Mar 2018
Russia: the counter-intelligence state
The West continually fails to comprehend Putin’s Russia and its mentality. -
15 Mar 2018
ASEAN summit brief: joining the club, infrastructure games, Jakarta’s power team, and business links
<p>Regular The Interpreter columnist Greg Earl previews the special Australia-ASEAN summit.</p> -
15 Mar 2018
Sifting evil intent from charities doing good
The nexus between aid and terrorism is a delicate and often difficult subject. -
15 Mar 2018
Migration and border policy links: climate displacement, Israel deportations, and more
Links and updates from across the migration and border policy field. -
15 Mar 2018
Tamil rap artists resisting poverty and discrimination in Malaysia
<p>Hip-hop as an art form is rooted in resistance and has been embraced by many Malaysian Tamils.</p> -
14 Mar 2018
Carrots and sticks in the Iran nuclear deal
If Donald Trump wants more concessions from Iran, then his best bet is to stick to the deal. -
14 Mar 2018
CPTPP wobbles over foreign investor rights
After years of negotiation and drama, the revived agreement on balance is probably advantageous for global trade. -
14 Mar 2018
Pacific Islands links: PNG aftershocks, French Polynesia protests, and more
Links and stories from around the Pacific by The Interpreter team. -
14 Mar 2018
Moritomo Gakuen: Shinzo Abe’s scandal that just won’t go away
Reform of Japan’s pacifist constitution might be the least of the Prime Minister’s worries. -
14 Mar 2018
Rex Tillerson sacked: the swamp was winning
Handwringing over budget cuts obscured a view the State Department was getting on with the job of diplomacy. -
13 Mar 2018
Arms export goal risks the standing of a good international citizen
Australia should exercise its good offices to prevent conflict, not seek to increase sales of weapons that cause death and destruction. -
13 Mar 2018
ASEAN is not South East Asia
Australia’s relations with the region are not mediated by a lightly institutionalised inter-governmental institution. -
13 Mar 2018
Trump’s tariff antics as the TPP-11 is signed
The World Trade Organisation could be in a precarious position in its role of keeping a lid on protectionism. -
13 Mar 2018
The resurgence of Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is positioned to reclaim the pre-eminent position in the violent Salafi-jihadi struggle. -
12 Mar 2018
Aid and development links: food security in China, AI in development, and more
Links and stories from the aid and development sector. -
12 Mar 2018
Countering youth radicalisation in Indonesia
A visit to an ornate Catholic church is one of several ways Indonesians are seeking to challenge hard-line Muslim attitudes. -
12 Mar 2018
No urgency in cutting Australian corporate tax
Foreign direct investment in Australia has boomed despite warnings of a sharp loss of international competitiveness. -
12 Mar 2018
Australia’s fraught global arms ambitions
Australia’s defence export strategy could wind up being a $200-billion experiment gone wrong. -
11 Mar 2018
A year of internet stardom: “BBC Dad” reflects
We were lucky that our 15 minutes of fame was due to something positive. -
10 Mar 2018
Weekend catch-up: International Women’s Day, tariffs, Timor-Leste, and more
The week that was on The Interpreter. -
9 Mar 2018
Rocket Man and the Dotard: a leaders’ summit for the age
<p>It seems, to borrow the military phrase, a sudden escalation in peaceful possibilities.</p> -
9 Mar 2018
Russian spy case: dead men walking
Suspicions about the attempted assassination of a former Russian spy in Britain are born of bitter experience. -
9 Mar 2018
The myth of Chinese containment
Beijing has fostered calculated messages to confuse Western countries about Chinese concerns, real or imagined. -
9 Mar 2018
Sensitivities flare in New Caledonia
Emmanuel Macron will visit New Caledonia in May, amid increased tension as the territory’s November deadline for an independence referendum nears. -
9 Mar 2018
Migration and border policy links: Australian citizenship test, Italian elections, and more
Links and updates from across the migration and border policy field. -
8 Mar 2018
Gender equality in the Foreign Policy White Paper
International Women’s Day is important: it’s what we do the other 364 days of the year that will eventually achieve genuine gender equality. -
8 Mar 2018
The pain of hearing: Australia’s parliament recognises Yazidi genocide
A motion in parliament last week gave a crucial voice to a community’s suffering. -
8 Mar 2018
Surmounting Indonesia’s education problems
The challenge is cyclical: if a degree from an overseas university is seen as a better investment, why demand better teaching back home? -
8 Mar 2018
Time for women to “wage war on war” once more
The modern world could benefit from revisiting the manifesto of the Women’s Peace Army at the time of the Great War. -
8 Mar 2018
The choice between hard or soft Brexit
Britain might be technically free of the EU on 30 March 2019, but just how free remains an extremely vexed question. -
8 Mar 2018
Aid, poverty, and gender inequality in the Indo-Pacific
Gender equality remains a central and definitive Labor value, at home and internationally. -
8 Mar 2018
Gender parity at the UN: promises to keep
A few “female bodies” in meeting rooms is not the end goal for advancement and empowerment of women at the UN. -
8 Mar 2018
International Women’s Day on The Interpreter
Today will feature a compelling line-up of female writers providing our usual foreign affairs analysis and expertise. -
7 Mar 2018
Timor Gap: a boundary, yet disputes linger
A landmark agreement has not yet resolved Timor-Leste's urgent need for the Greater Sunrise development. -
7 Mar 2018
Pacific Islands links: film in PNG, Vanuatu genealogy, and more
Links and stories from around the Pacific by The Interpreter team. -
7 Mar 2018
Multilateral trade versus self-interest
Australia could chose an approach to minimise the political damage from failing to obtain an exemption to Trump’s tariffs. -
7 Mar 2018
A “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” and what it means for Australia
The recently revived Quadrilateral is evolving and less explicitly focused on defence issues. -
7 Mar 2018
New Zealand’s Pacific sea change
The Pacific Islands region is the focus of the most significant shift in New Zealand foreign policy in decades. -
6 Mar 2018
Natural disaster mismanagement in PNG
Port Moresby needs to fund relief programs properly and raise awareness in high-risk areas before disasters strike. -
6 Mar 2018
Beijing’s welcome mat for overseas Chinese
The Chinese Communist Party desires the skills, connections, and knowledge of the outside world. -
6 Mar 2018
The Timor Trough – two separate shelves
In maritime boundary negotiations with Indonesia, Canberra argued the seabed between Australia and Timor comprised two separate continental shelves. -
6 Mar 2018
The flawed logic of Russia’s new weapon systems
Moscow's efforts will likely damage its own security more than anything else. -
6 Mar 2018
Xi Jinping and the grip of the party
Xi Jinping is determined to consolidate and strengthen China’s ruling communist party’s grip on government and the military, the intelligentsia and civil society. -
5 Mar 2018
North Korea’s time-buying strategy
Olympic peace gestures aside, scientists in Pyongyang need time to collect and analyse data from last year’s missile tests.