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23 Dec 2015
Look out for 'The Big Short'

Sam Roggeveen
23 Dec 2015
Paris after the terror: Scared, scarred and struggling to make sense of it all

Daniel Woker
22 Dec 2015
The 2016 US Presidential Election
A hawkish Hillary Clinton upsets friends and gets labelled 'Trumpian'

Emma Connors
22 Dec 2015
China and the sea: Will it come to prize trade flows over a maritime fortress?

James Goldrick
22 Dec 2015
Lowy Institute books of the year 2015, part 4
22 Dec 2015
Year in Review: Leadership change boosts relations with Jakarta

Greta Nabbs-Keller
21 Dec 2015
Australian Development Assistance
Aid & development links: Migrants Day, UK's new aid strategy, good news in 2015 and more

Jonathan Pryke
21 Dec 2015
Global Economy

Global Economic Governance
Fed rate hike: time now for central banks to go back to basics on monetary policy

Stephen Grenville
21 Dec 2015
Aid & development links: Migrants Day, UK's new aid strategy, good news in 2015 and more

Jonathan Pryke
21 Dec 2015
Merkel and Trudeau on terror and multiculturalism

Brendan Thomas-Noone
21 Dec 2015
Vale, South China Morning Post as Alibaba ushers in media ownership, mainland style

Julian Snelder
21 Dec 2015
Global Economy

Global Economic Governance

IMF
IMF reforms pass Congress but too late to salvage US leadership credentials

Mike Callaghan
19 Dec 2015
Weekend catch-up: RAAF in South China Sea, Putin's popularity, corruption in Indonesia, Paris climate agreement and more

Brendan Thomas-Noone
18 Dec 2015
Is the Paris agreement toothless?

Erwin Jackson
18 Dec 2015
Movie trailer: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Sam Roggeveen
18 Dec 2015
Chemistry: Can Turnbull find it with Abe?

Malcolm Cook
18 Dec 2015
This week in Jakarta: A trial, a newspaper and an old friend

Catriona Croft-Cusworth
18 Dec 2015
Can Australia protect itself from North Korea's long-range missiles?

Sam Roggeveen
17 Dec 2015
Abe's visit to India: A 'truly historic' visit?

Shashank Joshi
17 Dec 2015
Bull, red or otherwise: What Greg Sheridan gets wrong about religion, war and Duncan Lewis

Allan Behm
17 Dec 2015
Global Issues

Sustainability

Climate change
Paris agreement: signaling change for decades to come

Frank Jotzo
17 Dec 2015
The 2016 US Presidential Election
GOP debate: A lot of sound and fury but short on practical foreign policies

Emma Connors
17 Dec 2015
The State Grid Corporation of China: Its Australian engagement and military links

Geoffrey Wade
16 Dec 2015
Australian Perspective

Australia and the Pacific
Pacific Island links: COP21, New Caledonian nickel, PNG education system and more
16 Dec 2015
Lowy Institute's books of the year 2015, part 3
16 Dec 2015
How China's world views are manifested in the South China Sea

Merriden Varrall
16 Dec 2015
Australia's air force in the South China Sea: Flying quietly and carrying a medium-sized stick

Nick Bisley
16 Dec 2015
Australia's air force in the South China Sea: Flying quietly and carrying a medium-sized stick

Nick Bisley
15 Dec 2015
The 2016 US Presidential Election
Who votes, who doesn't, and why it might hurt Trump

Emma Connors
15 Dec 2015
Has the media oversold the Paris climate deal?

Sam Roggeveen
15 Dec 2015
Lowy Institute's books of the year 2015, part 2
15 Dec 2015
Asia and Pacific

The Asia Pacific's Economies

Institutions

Regional relationships
How Australia can use economic diplomacy to get closer to Asia

Stephen Grenville
14 Dec 2015
Global Issues

Sustainability

Climate change
The Paris agreement: a global turning point requires domestic realignment

John Connor
14 Dec 2015
Aid & development links: financing COP 21, microlending, Australia's MYEFO and more

Jonathan Pryke
14 Dec 2015
Global Issues

Sustainability
What's happening on the lower reaches of the Mekong River?

Milton Osborne
14 Dec 2015
How to improve political forecasting

Sam Roggeveen
14 Dec 2015
Europe
Putin's popularity, explained

Matthew Dal Santo

When protests broke out in Moscow four years ago against his return to the presidency, many in the West wrote Putin off. However, in December 2015 Putin delivered yet another 'State of the Nation' address as President. Rarely has he been so popular.
12 Dec 2015
Weekend catch-up: Terrorism threat, A Larger Australia, COP21, cyberwar and more

Brendan Thomas-Noone
11 Dec 2015
Digital Asia links: ISIS recruits in Chinese, South Korean hackers, Indonesia tech and more

Danielle Cave
11 Dec 2015
The inner circle: A larger Australia requires a strong Melanesia

Hamish McDonald
11 Dec 2015
Lowy Institute's books of the year 2015, part 1
11 Dec 2015
Global Economy

Australian Perspective
The Korea FTA, one year on: Those touting the benefits are cherrypicking results

Leon Berkelmans
10 Dec 2015
The US-Singapore enhanced defence agreement: A third upgrade for bilateral collaboration

Euan Graham , Tim Huxley
10 Dec 2015
Progress in Paris but next 24 to 36 hours crucial for COP21

Erwin Jackson
10 Dec 2015
Defence & Security

Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

Cyber Security
Australia needs calibrated deterrence against cyber attacks

Ben FitzGerald
10 Dec 2015
The day Angela Merkel, TIME's Person of the Year 2015, called out Vladimir Putin

Emma Connors
10 Dec 2015
A larger Australia: Situation, size and strategy

Allan Behm
9 Dec 2015
Sustainability

Climate change
Wanted: An authoritative and encompassing information source on climate change

Bronwyn Lo
9 Dec 2015
'Australia Centres': Why we need our own Goethe Institut in Asia

Glyn Davis
9 Dec 2015
Pacific Island links: Ciobo, Tuna crisis, COP21, Vanuatu elections and more