26 Jun 2020 Hun Manet: A Cambodian dynasty? Kimkong Heng The eldest son of Prime Minister Hun Sen is being groomed to take over, but still has to convince key political players.
26 Jun 2020 COVIDcast: Hugh White on Coronavirus and Asia’s power balance Hugh White , Sam Roggeveen The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region and the world.
26 Jun 2020 Finding compromise in the Chagos Islands saga David Snoxell The US base on Diego Garcia needn’t be an obstacle to a negotiated settlement of a longstanding sovereignty dispute.
26 Jun 2020 Owen Harries: Never the ideologue Jacob Heilbrunn The Welsh-born Australian was a master controversialist who played a key role in Washington foreign policy debates.
25 Jun 2020 The long wait in Indonesia for a female chief justice in a top court Cate Sumner , Leisha Lister Indonesia lags in appointing women to key judicial posts and the gender gap in the region is closing at a glacial pace.
25 Jun 2020 K-pop “stans” unleashed: Hijacking hashtags for social action Dymples Leong Digital disruption can reflect a growing desire to pair fandom with activism. But such a movement is itself vulnerable.
25 Jun 2020 A crowded house on the Bougainville ballot Shane McLeod With independence negotiations looming, hundreds of candidates are running for house seats, and 25 for president.
25 Jun 2020 Book review: What’s holding China’s economy back? John West The CCP’s discriminatory hukou system is a great obstacle to changing from world’s factory to a service-driven economy.
24 Jun 2020 A pivot to globalism, but grievances lurk Darren Lim Covid-19 has reminded Australians that multilateralism matters, while the economic shock has yet to play out.
24 Jun 2020 Australians look to India more – and don’t always like what they see Aarti Betigeri Doubts about Indian democracy and its politics suggest the Morrison government has some persuading to do.
24 Jun 2020 Australia’s shifting mood on climate change Bec Strating This year’s intense bushfires seemed like the event that would finally move climate policy. Then came Covid-19.
24 Jun 2020 Generation why? Younger Australians wary of United States Natasha Kassam Donald Trump is a big part of this story. But there is also a clear gap in attitudes toward China.
23 Jun 2020 The goals for Australia to do better Leanne Smith , Claire E Brolan The Sustainable Development Goals are not only for poor nations – they offer a policy roadmap for Australia, too.
23 Jun 2020 Can inter-Korean peace be salvaged from the latest wreckage? Khang Vu Mismatched expectations pose a big problem on the peninsula.
23 Jun 2020 Culture, constitution and controversy in Samoa Penelope Schoeffel , Malama Meleisea What’s behind the proposed bills to codify Samoan customs in law?
23 Jun 2020 Woe Canada, a second consecutive UN rebuff Ramesh Thakur Even in a social media age, substance trumps style. There are lessons for Canberra in Ottawa’s Security Council failure.
22 Jun 2020 Australia-UK trade agreement: Good, boring policy Dmitry Grozoubinski A deal between two liberalised economies on opposite sides of the globe can only improve a small number of pain points.
22 Jun 2020 Syria: Thumbs down Rodger Shanahan New sanctions under the so-called Caesar Act might target the regime in Damascus, but the burden will be felt by locals.
22 Jun 2020 Australia should support India in the Himalayas David Brewster If Canberra wants a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with New Delhi, some courageous steps are needed.
22 Jun 2020 Debt threatens Digicel’s Pacific dominance Shane McLeod The sprawling telecoms provider is deep in the red, and it might be the company’s PNG profits that help bail it out.
19 Jun 2020 Canberra vs Beijing: A response to Sam Roggeveen Alan Dupont Contrarian views are needed to assess the China risk. And we shouldn’t assume this century will be indisputably China’s.
19 Jun 2020 Lessons from the India-China border clashes Abhijnan Rej China has effectively signalled a new phase in its territorial strategy, which should give Indo-Pacific watchers pause.
19 Jun 2020 Morrison’s messages to the “sophisticated state-based cyber actor” Ben Scott The Prime Minister appears to be sending a warning – that Australia is on to you.
19 Jun 2020 COVIDcast: Foreign Minister Joseph Wu on Taiwan’s place in the world Natasha Kassam The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region and the world.
19 Jun 2020 Belt and Road means big data and facial recognition, too Peter Layton China is exporting the same social control technology it employs to monitor its own population.
18 Jun 2020 Hard knocks at University of the South Pacific Jonathan Pryke Claims and counter-claims of corruption have cast a pall over the management of a key regional institution.
18 Jun 2020 India-China: Pressure at altitude Ian Hall A shocking fight in Galwan Valley leaves India with dangerous choices, while China thinks it has an upper hand.
18 Jun 2020 Economic diplomacy: Positive globalism and American exceptionalism Greg Earl Australia strikes an upbeat attitude to global engagement, while a strong US dollar masks a retreating US.
18 Jun 2020 Need To Know: Ed Davis on US policing and Black Lives Matter Lydia Khalil Many community-minded police leaders complain they are deputised to enforce society’s failures and unfair structures.
18 Jun 2020 Closing the book on Asia James Spigelman The National Library of Australia is curtailing its Southeast Asia collection. The move is not in the national interest.
18 Jun 2020 Will Timor-Leste be the region’s latest press freedom casualty? Jim Nolan An new law under the guise of “dignity” would only diminish democracy and transparency in the country.
17 Jun 2020 ASEAN Summit: A chance to engage on the Rohingya crisis Rebecca Barber , Sarah Teitt The regional body has been notably silent on genocide in Myanmar, ducking behind the myth of non-interference.
17 Jun 2020 Canberra vs Beijing: A reply to Alan Dupont Sam Roggeveen We can’t base plans for the future on a chance China may fail. We are yet to internalise how successful it may be.
17 Jun 2020 Marise Payne stakes a claim for cooperation Daniel Flitton The Foreign Minister’s China challenge will grab most attention – but what she said about multilateralism matters more.
17 Jun 2020 Cambodia: Caught in the middle Kimkong Heng As it navigates a post-Covid recovery, Cambodia needs to strike a balance between the US and China.
16 Jun 2020 Diego Garcia: India’s conundrum Abhijit Singh New Delhi declared unequivocal support for “all peoples striving for decolonisation”, only to keep conspicuously quiet.
16 Jun 2020 It’s not OK: White supremacy and Australia’s security services Jennifer Percival A small gesture raises big questions about white supremacist ideology in Australian police and security forces.
16 Jun 2020 The geopolitical consequences of a pandemic Biren Nanda A global system in flux – from the US to Hong Kong, in politics as much as the economy – ultimately needs leadership.
15 Jun 2020 Disruption or demands? US post-election foreign policy in Asia Malcolm Cook While the re-election of an incumbent may prove strangely turbulent, a new president could bring different burdens.
15 Jun 2020 Kashmir Covid response sparks fear and suspicion Sheikh Saqib For many Kashmiris, lockdown and quarantine measures have increased unwanted confrontation with Indian security forces.
15 Jun 2020 Arms control or out of control? Marianne Hanson Revoking hard-won arms control achievements seems nothing less than madness.
12 Jun 2020 Seizing the chance to chart “The India Way” Shruti Pandalai Covid-19 has allowed New Delhi to show a collaborative and constructive brand of diplomacy, instead of zero-sum rivalry.
12 Jun 2020 COVIDcast: Xi Jinping and Covid-19 Richard McGregor The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region, and the world.
12 Jun 2020 Thailand: Another dissenter disappears Craig Keating A fresh abduction case raises serious questions, not for the first time, about the reach of Thai authorities.
11 Jun 2020 North Korea may have benefited from the pandemic after all Khang Vu With Washington distracted by Covid-19, the crisis allowed Beijing to cooperate with Pyongyang without usual censure.
11 Jun 2020 With Syrian prosecutions, a rare case of universal jurisdiction Craig Hershowitz A seldom-used legal concept demonstrates the reach of justice even in the most hopeless circumstances.
11 Jun 2020 Hong Kong: What China stands to lose Elliot Silverberg , David Blechman Xi Jinping’s attempted show of strength in Hong Kong only serves to betray his weakness in Beijing.
11 Jun 2020 China toys with a new propaganda technique: Irony Weixiang Wang , Oana Burcu The already reductive US-China spat has now been turned into an actual cartoon, in an earnest bid for foreign sympathy.
10 Jun 2020 In Yemen, a deadly concoction of arms sales, conflict and Covid-19 Rebecca Barber Without a ceasefire, a humanitarian catastrophe fuelled by Western arms shipments is about to get much worse.