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24 Jan 2018
Global Economy

United States

China
What a US–China trade war would look like

John Edwards

The problem for the global economy is not what the Trump administration has done so far. It is what it may contemplate doing next.
24 Jan 2018
Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands links: climate change and threats to language, mobile blackouts, and more

Links from across the Pacific Islands by The Interpreter team.
24 Jan 2018
Asia

Asean

China

India

China-India Relations
The China factor in India’s commitment to ASEAN

Chietigj Bajpaee

India's position on ASEAN reflects an ambition to create a bulwark against the emergence of a Sino-centric regional order.
24 Jan 2018
Australia

New Zealand
Waitangi Day and Australia Day: contrasting symbolism

Michael Belgrave

As debate rages about Australia's national day, across the Tasman a mix of dramatic protest and strong personal ties marks a very ‘New Zealand moment’.
24 Jan 2018
United States
Why Hillary Clinton still haunts Donald Trump

Kate Harveston

A political sideshow has cast a shadow over future policy discussion in America.
23 Jan 2018
China
Getting away with murder: lies, damned lies, and Chinese police statistics

Graeme Smith

Serving the Party does not always equate with serving justice.
23 Jan 2018
Defence & Security

Pacific Islands

United States

Australia
US National Defense Strategy may force Australia to get off the fence

Greg Colton

Sometimes your closest friends, rather than your rivals, cause the biggest headaches.
23 Jan 2018
Indonesia
Will Jakarta no longer be Indonesia’s capital?

Febriana Firdaus

Talk of relocating the Indonesian capital is just that – talk.
23 Jan 2018
Syria

The Trump Presidency

Kurdistan

Türkiye
Washington's weak hand to play in Syria

Rodger Shanahan

US policy in Syria is full of holes without a strategic plan for once the mission to defeat ISIS concludes.
22 Jan 2018
Australian Foreign Aid

United Nations
Aid and development links: Nile dams, refugees as investment, teaching salaries, and more

Alexandre Dayant

Links from across the aid and development field.
22 Jan 2018
Türkiye
Erdogan’s outbursts symbolic of Turkey’s decline

Wayne McLean

Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan did not mince his words after news of a US-backed Syrian Border Defence Force.
22 Jan 2018
Asia

Europe
Britain can be a power in Asia

John Hemmings , James Rogers

The UK’s decline is no more pronounced than that of any Western nation.
22 Jan 2018
Australia

Japan
Australia–Japan defence deal: noteworthy, not newsworthy

H.D.P. Envall

The 'quasi-allies' have a fundamental difference in strategic perspective.
20 Jan 2018
Weekend catch-up: Korea talks, Macron’s horse, Ciobo uncorks, and more

The week that was on The Interpreter.
19 Jan 2018
Digital Asia links: Bitcoin and Chinese New Year, ‘wrongful views’, mobile wallets, and more

Sarah Logan

Links on digital developments across Asia.
19 Jan 2018
Japan
Japan: Shinzo Abe faces challenges across the board

Donna Weeks

Abe's ambivalent relationship with the Japanese public concerns some members of his party.
19 Jan 2018
Global Economy

The Trans-Pacific Partnership

Australia's Trade

Australia's Economy
Behind the Australia–Canada ‘wine war’

Mike Callaghan

Given Australia's disappointment over Canada's last-minute TPP snub, Trade Minister Steven Ciobo likely had no hesitation in lodging the complaint over wine.
19 Jan 2018
Cambodia
Despite the controversy, the Khmer Rouge Tribunal is a success

Tom Fawthrop

There are many yardsticks beyond counting convictions for judging the achievements of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.
18 Jan 2018
Global Economy

United States

China's Government

China's Economy

Chinese Trade

China

The Trump Presidency
Economic diplomacy brief: Trump turns global, Pacific aid, Chinese tourism, and more

Greg Earl

It appears China’s economic policy-making elite (if not always Xi Jinping himself) like the certainty and stability of the Bretton Woods system.
18 Jan 2018
Migration
Migration and border policy links: Stories from Manus, journeys to Europe and more

Erin Harris

Links and updates from across the migration and border policy field.
18 Jan 2018
China

European Union
Macron’s mission to China

Laure Deron

Macron’s credibility as a voice for Europe is high and demands recognition by world leaders, including Xi Jinping.
17 Jan 2018
Australia in the World

Nuclear Weapons
Why Australia should consider sharing nuclear weapons

Peter Layton

Nuclear sharing is an old idea worth considering as the future becomes less certain and potentially darker.
17 Jan 2018
Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands links: eruptions and sorcery in PNG, Chinese aid, and more

Links from across the Pacific Islands from The Interpreter team.
17 Jan 2018
Philippines
Duterte unchecked

Malcolm Cook

The startling crackdown on those critical or deemed to be disloyal to the president.
17 Jan 2018
Global Economy
Rethinking macroeconomics: the missing financial sector

Stephen Grenville

Neither monetary nor fiscal policy caused the 2007–08 crisis: the direct blame lies squarely with the financial sector.
16 Jan 2018
Syria

Russia
Putin’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ moment

Rodger Shanahan

An attack by a swarm of drones shows Russia’s fight in Syria is far from over.
16 Jan 2018
India
What Rahul Gandhi’s rise means for Indian politics

Priya Chacko

Often derided for a lack of charisma, Rahul Gandhi proved an unexpectedly strong campaigner in his first test as leader.
16 Jan 2018
North Korea

South Korea
The ‘Olympic truce’ poses a test for the US–South Korean alliance

Khang Vu

Moon Jae-in should be wary of North Korea’s history of reneging on its word.
16 Jan 2018
Pacific Islands

New Caledonia
Worry ahead of New Caledonia’s independence vote

Alexandre Dayant

An economy in bad shape compounds painful memories as the French territory struggles with questions of independence.
15 Jan 2018
India
Babri Masjid – India’s flashpoint

Murali Krishnan

The demolition of a mosque in Ayodhya has cast a long shadow over India's politics.
15 Jan 2018
Aid and development links: Artisanal mining, big egos, predicting poverty and more

Alexandre Dayant

Updates on issues across the aid and development field.
15 Jan 2018
China

North Korea
China’s agenda behind inter-Korean talks

Frances Kitt

Beijing has three aims, but it all leads back to rivalry with the US.
15 Jan 2018
United States

Pakistan
Pakistan: A reluctant ally

Hussain Nadim

Most Washington experts wrongly believe Donald Trump's aid freeze is unlikely to change Pakistan’s behaviour.
13 Jan 2018
Weekend catch-up: Chinese aid, a united Korea, Indonesia negotiations and more

The week that was on The Interpreter.
12 Jan 2018
North Korea
Don’t assume North Korea is happy with the status quo

Michael Heazle

There is good reason to believe Kim Jong-un is a risk taker and willing to use his power.
12 Jan 2018
Chinese Foreign Aid

China
Understanding China’s approach to aid

Merriden Varrall

A supposed ‘white elephant’ might actually be a source of national pride.
12 Jan 2018
Australia

Timor-Leste

Indonesia
Revisiting the 1972 seabed boundary negotiations with Indonesia

Hugh Wyndham

Making a judgement in the present about events in the past is fraught with difficulties.
11 Jan 2018
Chinese Foreign Aid
The bad – and good – of China’s aid in the Pacific

Jonathan Pryke

Australia's criticism of Beijing could be seen as an attack on Pacific nations themselves.
11 Jan 2018
Terrorism
Why neighbourhood policing is critical to preventing terrorism

Cameron Sumpter

The value of neighbourhood policing in countering violent extremism goes beyond the collection of intelligence.
11 Jan 2018
Nigeria as a nation of influence

Anthony Maliki

Rich in oil and people, an anti-corruption drive is cleaning up the African nation Australia has dubbed an 'emerging power'.
10 Jan 2018
China
Time to worry about a Chinese-led global order?

Chengxin Pan

The biggest threat to the current order comes not from an unlikely Chinese order, but from within itself.
10 Jan 2018
Pacific island links: Chinese aid, the Panguna mine, Kato Ottio and more

Links on updates across the Pacific islands region.
10 Jan 2018
Indonesia
Indonesia elections: Three factors that will shape the political trajectory of 2018

Greta Nabbs-Keller

The military and police are far from a spent force in Indonesia.
10 Jan 2018
Australia and Climate Change
Finding Australia’s fair share of climate finance

Nic Maclellan

Practical action will meet a financial pledge to the poorest countries on the planet.
9 Jan 2018
Hong Kong’s passport divide

Vivienne Chow

The BNO passport's power lies the fact that only those 'old Hongkongers' born before 1997 are eligible to apply.
9 Jan 2018
North Korea

South Korea
North Korea probably does not seriously seek unification

Robert E Kelly

Since North Korea lies so much anyway, how should we know what to believe?
9 Jan 2018
China
Calm the alarm on Antarctic krill fishery

Tristan Kenderdine

China's threat to the Southern Ocean krill fishery is overblown.
8 Jan 2018
Aid and development links: Children in war, Asia’s economic integration, Yemen and more

Alexandre Dayant

Updates from across the aid and development field.
8 Jan 2018
Europe
Judging Austria’s lurch to the right

Daniel Woker

Austria has always be seen as a bridge builder between East and West in Europe.
8 Jan 2018
United States

China
A turning point in US economic relations with China

Aaron Friedberg

However crudely, Donald Trump identified that China has taken the opposite course to liberalisation.