29 Oct 2018
With Trump in Mind, China Realigns
<p>America's anti-China trade policies are compelling China to realign.</p>
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29 Oct 2018
Is the TPP worth it?
Despite the hype, there are serious questions whether the benefits of the TPP really outweigh its costs. -
29 Oct 2018
The last man executed in Singapore, until the next
Singapore doubles down as Malaysia retreats from the death penalty. -
29 Oct 2018
Jamal Khashoggi: shifting law in a deadly turf war
The journalist’s death illustrates broader anxieties for the international rule of law and the fate of the global order. -
27 Oct 2018
Weekend catch-up: Mike Pence takes to the soapbox
Vietnam's censorship and foreign policy, Canada's Huawei deal, Himalayan tension: the week that was on the Interpreter. -
26 Oct 2018
Japan’s immigration and integration questions
Twice as many people move to Japan than to Australia, now Japan is finally set to accept foreign labourers. -
26 Oct 2018
The one Iran deal the US should keep
The 1955 Treaty of Amity has offered a chance to resolve disputes between the US and Iran. Abandoning it carries a cost. -
26 Oct 2018
Indonesia: populism and politicisation of Islam
The terrorism threat in Southeast Asia fundamentally changed over 15 years, but Indonesian laws struggled to adapt. -
25 Oct 2018
Indonesia’s anti-terror law: crisis to consensus
How Indonesia moves rapidly from statement to agreement on contentious revisions to anti-terror laws. -
25 Oct 2018
Never too late to get the kids off Nauru
Australia is overdue to respond to the deterioration of the mental and physical health of refugee children on Nauru. -
25 Oct 2018
Economic diplomacy: Japan + China, BRI push back
Watching Shinzo Abe try a high wire act with China’s Xi Jinping, and what tourism tells us about Asia’s economic ties. -
25 Oct 2018
Australian energy diplomacy
Implemented correctly, Australia could achieve some of its foreign policy goals through its energy exports. -
24 Oct 2018
Island diplomacy: a storm in the Maldives
A recent election could shift the power balance between China and India in the Indian Ocean. -
24 Oct 2018
Pakistan: indebted to China, Saudi Arabia, and IMF
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Kahn slammed the IMF during his election campaign and then sought a bailout - why? -
24 Oct 2018
Aid links: plastic ban, celebrity ties, and more
Japan stops aid to China, what happened to Millennium Villages, and other stories from the development sector. -
24 Oct 2018
India’s Arctic energy partnership with Russia
The enduring ties between Moscow and New Delhi have expanded again – in billions of ways. -
24 Oct 2018
Vietnam: why blogger Mother Mushroom went free
Hanoi has released a prominent blogger, who'd been jailed on propaganda charges, on the condition she leave for the US. -
23 Oct 2018
America builds on development aid
Thanks to China, US development financing gets a facelift. -
23 Oct 2018
Friends like these … allies and the Pence speech
The US may have to adjust its goals and means to obtain full allied support for its China policy, and what about Trump? -
23 Oct 2018
Europe: Merkel, May, and Moscovici
This month's election in Bavaria is yet another sign of Europe in disarray. -
22 Oct 2018
Vietnam’s quandary: red or green?
Vietnam is caught between Chinese rocks and a climate change hard place – and looks to partners like Australia for help. -
22 Oct 2018
Canada and Huawei: letting politics slip in
Canada's decision to allow Huawei to participate in its 5G mobile networks is much more political than the PM suggests. -
22 Oct 2018
Chinese whispers and Pacific agency
Pacific island countries are well aware of strategic risks, and want the issues that worry them most to be in focus. -
22 Oct 2018
Thawing tensions in the Himalaya
Geopolitics are transforming this influential region politically, culturally, linguistically, and environmentally. -
20 Oct 2018
Weekend catch-up: Bougainville referendum and more
Hong Kong discontent, Fiji on the UNHRC and fighter aircraft duel (on Instagram): the week that was on The Interpreter. -
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19 Oct 2018
European companies driven out of Iran
The US decision to re-impose nuclear sanctions on Iran has significant implications for European businesses. -
19 Oct 2018
Deciding the future for PNG’s provinces
Bougainville’s independence referendum is on the horizon. The prospect of autonomy in other provinces is also growing. -
19 Oct 2018
Killing Chimerica
“Decoupling” the deep economic entwinement with China is increasingly seen as vital to US security. -
18 Oct 2018
Is the second Trump-Kim summit necessary?
The more attention the world pays Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal, the less incentive it has to actually surrender weapons. -
18 Oct 2018
South Asia diplomacy hostage to a bitter legacy
Pakistan, India, Bangladesh – the neighbourhood just can’t seem to get along. -
18 Oct 2018
The geopolitics of China’s tax reforms
Any government – even in the People’s Republic – has to be wary about changing income tax rules. -
18 Oct 2018
Mahathir: Uighurs “have done nothing wrong”
Countries are struggling to navigate the issues – trying to please Beijing, the Uighurs, and respect human rights. -
17 Oct 2018
Beware of fighter pilots bearing gifts
A “dog fight” between a Russian and US jet, apparently over Syria, looks to be fake news. -
17 Oct 2018
Daylight robbery: cyber escapades of North Korea
Everyone knows Pyongyang’s criminal hackers are hard at work – but what nobody knows is how to stop them. -
17 Oct 2018
Pacific links: PNG, the fast and the furious, more
Sports cars for APEC, French Polynesia wants justice for nuclear tests, plus links from the Pacific islands region. -
17 Oct 2018
Japan’s complicated relationship with coal power
While banks back away from coal, political and safety concerns about nuclear power are pushing Tokyo towards it. -
17 Oct 2018
China: how big tech is learning to love the party
The Communist Party has cemented its presence in leading tech firms, heralding a new age for private companies. -
16 Oct 2018
Australia’s Israel-Palestine conflict
This is actually one of those rare issues in Australian foreign policy where the two major parties quite often disagree. -
16 Oct 2018
Fiji and human rights, the limits of influence
Why was a violator elected to a body responsible for protecting human rights? -
16 Oct 2018
Decoding the bombshell story for China
Right or wrong, claims Beijing hacked computer chips has accelerated a push to cut out China from US supply chains. -
16 Oct 2018
The corridor of power
The remote Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan was central to the Silk Road, Great Game, and Cold War – now China has plans. -
15 Oct 2018
Reconciling with China in the Pacific
To overcome suspicion, Australia should work to reshape the multilateral system for better global collaboration on aid. -
15 Oct 2018
What should Australia do about Saudi Arabia?
If Saudi complicity in the death of Jamal Khashoggi is shown, Canberra must make a stand to express disgust. -
15 Oct 2018
Shifting sands in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is being drained of it’s language, freedom of speech, and now it’s surrounding seas. Is a brain-drain next? -
15 Oct 2018
Encryption does not create privilege
Eavesdropping, colloquially, has a bad name, but when justified by law and properly regulated, what’s the objection? -
13 Oct 2018
Weekend catch-up: Xi Jinping takes to TV, and more
UN explains rising temperatures, missing Saudi journalist, Pence challenges China: The week that was on The Interpreter. -
12 Oct 2018
Realigning the Australian Army
The army is preparing for new challenges on the battlefield. It should align it's strategy with that of the White Paper. -
12 Oct 2018
End the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize is a message to countries to investigate and prosecute conflict related sexual violence. -
12 Oct 2018
See the difference: CGTN’s Australian gambit
<p>China’s broadcasters are spruiking, but overseas propaganda is more to benefit bosses back in Beijing.</p>