16 May 2018
Bolton’s bargain: a Libya deal for North Korea?
<p>New US National Security Adviser John Bolton might draw on past experience when negotiating with Kim Jong-un.</p>
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16 May 2018
Time to sharpen the edge of Australia’s soft power
Two decades of yo-yoing government policy on international broadcasting has diminished Australia’s once significant presence in the Great Game of the Airwaves. -
16 May 2018
Pacific links: PACER Plus, Vanuatu plastics ban, and more
Links and updates from across the Pacific. -
16 May 2018
All’s not fair in US–China trade stoush
Mixed objectives and a focus on so-called fairness are creating unhelpful confusion. -
16 May 2018
Talking North Korea in Australia
Many of the moral debates about North Korea are settled, even if the diplomatic questions are not. -
15 May 2018
Risk and reward in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Donald Trump’s unconventional approaches may be just what are needed. -
15 May 2018
Will Argentina’s problems destabilise Asian economies?
<p>Argentina’s problems will be high-profile, as it is the current chair of G20, but in our region the lessons of 1997 have been fully absorbed.</p> -
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15 May 2018
China’s play for military bases in the eastern Indian Ocean
Australia has expended a lot of defence resources in the western side of the Indian Ocean. It is time to look east. -
15 May 2018
The high price of fashion
Sweatshop conditions are still widespread across Asia in clothing and footwear manufacturing. -
14 May 2018
Malaysia: what now?
As the dust settles, Mahathir needs to navigate the Chinese threat he exploited in the campaign, while the Islamist lobby seeks new ground. -
14 May 2018
China’s first homebuilt carrier sails: so what?
Soon, China will be the only country other than the US to operate more than one large aircraft carrier. -
14 May 2018
Aid links: top-down development, insurance expectation, more
Links and stories from the aid and development sector. -
14 May 2018
Collapsing North Korea’s nuclear test site
<p>Pyongyang is attempting to make a virtue out of necessity.</p> -
14 May 2018
AfD and the politics of German identity
The far-right party Alternative für Deutschland is rattling the Bundestag by pushing identity to the centre of German politics. -
12 May 2018
Weekend catch-up: Malaysian election, Iran deal, and The Phnom Penh Post
The week that was on The Interpreter. -
11 May 2018
Did an election just cause Malaysian democratisation?
Southeast Asia’s incumbent authoritarian regimes have long presided over elections, but they almost never step aside as a result. -
11 May 2018
Courageous voice for truth silenced in Cambodia
The demise of The Phnom Penh Post sees the end of a premier journal of record. -
11 May 2018
Immigration links: 2018 budget, temporary protection status, and more
Links and updates from across the migration and border policy fields. -
11 May 2018
Confucius Institutes and the challenge of academic freedom
The autonomy of Australian universities must be maintained with safeguards against any undue government influence. -
11 May 2018
Method in Trump’s madness on Iran
Getting more out of North Korea may be a good reason behind Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran deal. -
10 May 2018
Economic diplomacy brief: the first Indo-Pacific budget is really all about China
Greg Earl looks at the federal budget and implications for Australia in the region. -
10 May 2018
Women’s participation and preferential voting in PNG elections
An experiment with limited preferential voting has ended, having created little benefit for women in local politics. -
10 May 2018
Malaysia election: coming of age
This surprise victory has implications at many levels, and there is good reason to think it may go well. -
10 May 2018
Can Europe salvage the Iran deal?
<p>The EU had more than a year to plan, but instead sought to downplay Trump’s statements and appease him.</p> -
10 May 2018
The India–China summit in Wuhan was no reset
The meeting between Modi and Xi was not a step towards a lasting thaw in relations between Beijing and Delhi. -
9 May 2018
Trump’s Iran decision: one reckless act must not be followed by others
Calm heads must prevail – no one will gain from a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. -
9 May 2018
Pacific links: Talanoa Dialogue, Press freedom, and more
Links and updates from across the Pacific -
9 May 2018
Budget 2018: an aid increase by definition, not design
<p>Considering the marginal increase, this was a relatively vanilla aid budget.</p> -
9 May 2018
China is catching up to the US, except on this key measure
The Lowy Institute Power Index shows that China remains a lonely superpower. Does that matter? -
8 May 2018
Mourning Cambodia’s press freedom
<p>The media crackdown continues with the sacking of the country’s last independent newspaper editor.</p> -
8 May 2018
Unexpected lessons on measuring power in Asia
<p>The Lowy Institute Asia Power Index yields many surprising results.</p> -
8 May 2018
Banks misbehaving everywhere
Huge fines for mistakes or malfeasance seem unlikely to change financial system as currently structured. -
8 May 2018
Soft-power dressing: China’s moment in the US
A rare chance to dress up political motives as a form of cultural appreciation. -
8 May 2018
Malaysia’s political treadmill
Mahathir Mohamad might be back on the campaign trail in opposition but this doesn’t appear to be an obstacle to the present government. -
7 May 2018
Aid links: budget time, poverty and brain power, more
Links and stories from the aid and development sector. -
7 May 2018
How political crisis in Armenia could upset Russia and Turkey in Syria
The future of a fragile ceasefire over an unresolved conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh could in turn have broad strategic implications. -
7 May 2018
French choreography in the Pacific
Emmanuel Macron’s visit to New Caledonia affirmed the territory as the jewel of French possessions. -
7 May 2018
Working with China in the Pacific
Development partners, and Pacific nations themselves, need to be better coordinated. -
6 May 2018
Trump–Kim summit: what’s in the venue?
Singapore, Panmanjom, Ulaanbataar, or anywhere else, deciding where the leaders meet will broadcast an important signal. -
5 May 2018
Weekend catch-up: the Iran deal, China’s United Front, and Remaking the Middle East
The week that was on The Interpreter. -
4 May 2018
I (nearly) ran Iran
A marathon trip to find that, no matter where you go, people are people. -
4 May 2018
Immigration links: Central American migrant caravan, Windrush, and more
Links and updates from across the migration and border policy field. -
4 May 2018
The language of cross-strait tensions
The Chinese military has released a propaganda video aimed at Taiwan recorded in Hokkien, a language widely discouraged in China. -
3 May 2018
Asia: jobs policy vs the machines
Only politicians can stem labour-market inequality arising from new technologies. -
3 May 2018
India’s struggle for the soul of the Indo-Pacific
New Delhi must gear up for a sustained struggle to ensure openness, transparency, and a healthy balance of power. -
3 May 2018
Star wars: Tamil actors enter India’s political fray
In cinema-crazy India, actors can easily be more popular than most politicians. -
2 May 2018
Pacific links: natural resources in PNG, Macron in the Pacific, and Samoan debt
Links and updates from across the Pacific islands. -
2 May 2018
Jolted by protectionist rhetoric, ASEAN focuses on trade
Southeast Asian nations want India to allow quick agreement on a regional trade deal. -
2 May 2018
Power of youth
The euphoria of 2011 may have disappeared, but the youth of the Middle East have not forgotten.