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22 Jun 2018
Reunification out of reach
Even with North Korean denuclearisation, the two Koreas will remain divided. -
22 Jun 2018
The big clean-up in Malaysia
Political confusion might appear on the surface, yet the new government cannot act without the right people in place. -
22 Jun 2018
Resiliency no excuse in refugee crisis
A TEDx event in a refugee camp was an important platform but not as an excuse to erase international responsibility. -
22 Jun 2018
China’s Pacific presence improves Australian aid
A funding shift towards infrastructure building, caused by Chinese competition, is welcome and well overdue. -
21 Jun 2018
US-China trade: joke’s over
The US is in trade rows with all of its major trading partners at once. -
21 Jun 2018
Australia and Germany should work together on China
Both regions would benefit from exchanges to strengthen democratic resilience in the face of Chinese influence. -
21 Jun 2018
Moscow’s other navy
With equipment that appears almost James Bond–esque, Russia’s deep-sea fleet is potential hidden menace. -
21 Jun 2018
Selective outrage: Priyanka Chopra and the “Quantico” controversy
Even fiction can attract fringe outrage in a bid to capitalise on prime-time attention. -
20 Jun 2018
2018 Lowy Institute Poll: continuities and discontinuities
Australians have reacted to global disruptions with a growing sense of unease. -
20 Jun 2018
The China puzzle in Asia
China still faces daunting development challenges and it will take many decades to close the asset gap with Western countries. -
20 Jun 2018
When Indonesia sits on the Security Council
Winning a seat at the premier UN forum is a chance to see Southeast Asian issues on the world agenda. -
20 Jun 2018
Immigration links: US border separations, more
<p>Links and updates from across the migration and border policy fields.</p> -
20 Jun 2018
Glug, glug, glug: India’s interest in unsinkable aircraft carriers
As India looks to act East in response to China’s rise, investment in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands might make more sense than expensive floating status symbols. -
19 Jun 2018
Time to denounce China’s Muslim gulag
Australia should use an important opportunity at the UN Human Rights Council to condemn the extrajudicial detention of up to one million Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China. -
19 Jun 2018
Global profit shifting
New analysis suggests that Australia has the wrong priority in corporate tax reform. -
19 Jun 2018
It’s all up to Moon now
Donald Trump has recessed himself and Moon Jae-in looks to have the political support for a big-bang approach to a final status deal with North Korea – doubtful as the outcome might be. -
19 Jun 2018
Ceasefire in Afghanistan: the first win for peace
Despite incidents of violence, opinion on all sides has increasingly converged towards a peaceful resolution to end the ongoing strife in Afghanistan. -
18 Jun 2018
Aid links: maternal mortality, school uniforms and truancy, more
Links and stories from the aid and development sector. -
18 Jun 2018
The ever-widening Atlantic
Battening hatches and waiting for the Trump storm to pass is hardly a pragmatic solution to concerns of a world in flux. -
18 Jun 2018
Should Shinzo Abe happen to meet Kim Jong-un
Overcoming the politics of victimhood is one way Japan’s leader could involve himself again in regional denuclearisation talks. -
18 Jun 2018
China’s rising interests in Qatar
The countries are expanding bilateral relations in the energy, investment, and security sectors. -
18 Jun 2018
Vietnam: reconciling the diaspora
Healing the rift between the current regime and many Vietnamese abroad is a cause long overdue. -
16 Jun 2018
Weekend catch-up: Singapore summit, China–Pakistan, and diplomacy at the World Cup
The week that was on The Interpreter. -
15 Jun 2018
World Cup: diplomacy on the pitch
<p>Hosting the tournament is a chance to show off to the world, and offers a snapshot of perceptions of the host country.</p> -
15 Jun 2018
The US and the West: with friends like that ...
Lost trust between leaders and policy concerns under Trump have hardened into an existential crisis. -
15 Jun 2018
Taking a stand for North Korean rocket engine tests
<p>Pyongyang has pledged to dismantle a rocket engine test stand, which is less of a concession than it might seem.</p> -
14 Jun 2018
Trump-Kim summit: China smiles
China’s political elite know that this is only the beginning, but have several reasons to be pleased. -
14 Jun 2018
Human rights missing in Trump–Kim summit
With the relationship shifting towards conciliation, human rights language has largely disappeared from Trump’s vocabulary. -
14 Jun 2018
Will Pakistan’s CPEC dream turn into a nightmare?
Chinese infrastructure investment in Pakistan diverts attention from much-needed reform of the country’s unresponsive economy. -
14 Jun 2018
Understanding what is important
Anthony Bubalo, author of “Remaking the Middle East”, reflects on his changed priorities when observing the Middle East. -
13 Jun 2018
Trump–Kim summit: negotiating weakness
The real agenda in US–North Korea talks may be economic and political, rather than about arms. -
13 Jun 2018
Pacific links: World Oceans Day, Marshall Islands climate finance, and more
<p>Links and updates from across the Pacific.</p> -
13 Jun 2018
Trump–Kim summit: Moon’s conflicted achievement
The South Korean President’s shuttle diplomacy may fracture his relationship with the US. -
13 Jun 2018
“Gunfights” in Bangladesh
Outrage over extrajudicial killings is dominating conversation ahead of general elections later this year. -
13 Jun 2018
The Supreme Leader and his bodyguards
The jogging bodyguards alongside Kim Jong-un’s limousine are more than a charade. -
12 Jun 2018
Trump-Kim summit: history happens
<p>Donald Trump deserves credit for creating a moment that could – maybe – escape the madness of destruction.</p> -
12 Jun 2018
G7: the most honest summit – ever!
<p>The more pretence there is agreement between countries when there is not, the more it undermines the credibility of other commitments leaders make at summits.</p> -
12 Jun 2018
Trump–Kim: an agenda for forgotten nuclear victims
Donald Trump has a unique chance to turn negotiations to his advantage and that of about 2000 survivors of the A-bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki who wound up in North Korea. -
12 Jun 2018
A new path to dispute settlement
The novel mechanism that solved the Timor Sea dispute may not have the same success in other complex and highly contested cases across the region. -
11 Jun 2018
A primer for the Trump–Kim summit
How The Interpreter has followed a remarkable few months of on-again off-again diplomacy. -
9 Jun 2018
Weekend catch-up: the Shangri-La Dialogue, the G7 minus America, and Facebook in PNG
The week that was on The Interpreter. -
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8 Jun 2018
Cambodia: the unfree press
Censorship has decimated a once vibrant media landscape, and the restrictions are growing. -
8 Jun 2018
Indonesia’s LGBT crackdown
Despite abandoning attempts to make same-sex relationships a crime, the politics around the LGBT community remains a flashpoint in Indonesia. -
8 Jun 2018
Time for reason, not emotion, in the “China influence” debate
Australians have been passengers, if not active participants, in our own polarisation. -
7 Jun 2018
Economic diplomacy brief: G7 after Trump, avoiding a China bust, and ASEAN integration
Greg Earl with economic news from across the region. -
7 Jun 2018
Name shame: China’s trouble with Taiwan
Beijing’s nomenclature belligerence may actually be working in Tapei’s favour. -
7 Jun 2018
Kashmir: walking the line
Despite a new agreement after a spike in ceasefire violations, Kashmir continues to divide India–Pakistan relations. -
7 Jun 2018
Tariffs: the US rebuffed
Industrial nations helped the US export its way out of trouble in the 1980s but are now less inclined to assist America with economic problems of its own making.