12 Apr 2023
What does China want in Ukraine?
Beijing has reservations about Putin’s war, but seeing Moscow take a beating is not in China’s interests.
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11 Apr 2023
Russia foreign policy: the search for new friends
Shunned by the West, Moscow is wooing the rest of the world. And so far it’s finding success. -
5 Apr 2023
What of the Rohingya? The ICC, Ukraine, and limits of “international” justice
The International Criminal Court will always be seen as a selective tool unless states agree to decide cases on need. -
5 Apr 2023
Russia’s shifting far right: the war party
A powerful conservative movement in Moscow dictates that Russia only wins if an independent Ukraine ceases to exist. -
4 Apr 2023
To help end war in Ukraine, the Quad should back India to engage Russia
India might be accused of playing both sides but also has the special relationships to lead a push towards a settlement. -
31 Mar 2023
Great power rivalry is poisoning multilateralism
With India in summit season, New Delhi is banking on minilateral partnerships to counter China’s hegemonic ambitions. -
29 Mar 2023
Japan feels the pinch as fertiliser costs soar thanks to Russia’s war
The country has for too long relied on foreign sources without cultivating domestic alternatives. -
24 Mar 2023
A Catch-22 for India’s tech ambitions
With Russian supply chains under stress, New Delhi explores indigenous capabilities. -
17 Mar 2023
Is a stable Afghanistan where China, Russia and the US cooperate?
Three of the world’s most influential powers have skin in the game when it comes to preventing another civil war. -
14 Mar 2023
Will China really funnel weapons to Russia through Belarus?
With war on his doorstep, the Belarusian president is juggling Beijing and Moscow to reap the benefits of geography. -
3 Mar 2023
Why does Putin persist?
For all his mistakes, the Russian leader knows the objectives of Ukraine and its Western backers don’t exactly coincide. -
24 Feb 2023
Russia has already lost. The next year will decide if Ukraine can win
A revitalised NATO and unflagging Western support will help, but it is still up to Ukraine to defeat the Russian army. -
22 Feb 2023
Wang Yi’s fruitless diplomacy in Europe
Beijing misunderstands that Russia’s war in Ukraine – and China’s failure to condemn it – has vastly changed views. -
22 Feb 2023
Russia in Ukraine: accountability and global order on the precipice
Not since the Second World War has international security been so inseparably tied to the prosecution of atrocity crimes. -
14 Feb 2023
Why North Korea is denying its involvement in Russia’s war in Ukraine
Pyongyang appears to be a reluctant participant in Putin’s brutal offensive in Eastern Europe. -
13 Feb 2023
Ukraine needs tanks – Australia should send some
The war is entering a new phase and our support needs to keep pace with developments on the ground. -
9 Feb 2023
With caution and tact: How Asian countries voted on Ukraine at the UN
A resolution forces nations to show their hand. After Russia’s invasion, consistency has not been to everyone’s liking. -
3 Feb 2023
Russia, Ukraine and the wars of the Soviet succession
Putin’s war is part of the untidy and slow-motion disintegration of the Soviet Union. -
27 Jan 2023
How Russia loses allies amid the war in Ukraine
Setbacks in the Kremlin’s campaign are causing regional supporters to think twice about the Eurasian military alliance. -
12 Jan 2023
The hard road to justice for Russian war crimes
Prosecution of war crimes in Ukraine are crucial to maintain international law and the peace and security it promotes. -
23 Dec 2022
How to Interpret 2022: Russia invades Ukraine
Vladimir Putin seemed convinced Kyiv would fall in days. We look back at ten months of war. -
22 Dec 2022
The Interpreter 2022: Your most-read articles
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominated the year. But readers also wanted to know all about Southeast Asia’s elections. -
19 Dec 2022
Christmas in Ukraine: hope, defiance, determination
Celebrating under a shadow cast by war. -
13 Dec 2022
2022: A global turning point
Looking at trends and contours that have coalesced this year to make international politics more contested and unpredictable. -
22 Nov 2022
Europe must fully embrace nuclear energy
With Russia’s stranglehold on the region’s energy, it is time to add a second shade of green. -
21 Nov 2022
Ukraine: No end in sight
A ceasefire proposal would likely be rejected as a Russian ploy, yet with winter closing, neither side can expect let up. -
9 Nov 2022
Countdown to Asia’s summit season
Conflict in Myanmar and Ukraine against a backdrop of US‑China tension – a crowded agenda will unfold in coming weeks. -
19 Oct 2022
The banality of Putin’s evil
Putin is driven by the imperatives of regime security – preserving his kleptocratic rule – not national security. -
17 Oct 2022
Could China save the world?
It is difficult to imagine Xi Jinping brokering peace in Ukraine, but if China wants to be respected, this is a chance. -
12 Oct 2022
If Russia breaks the nuclear taboo
Would the use of a lower yield atomic weapon really prompt the same catastrophic logic of escalation? -
25 Sep 2022
A neck-and-neck election for the future of the internet
As the war in Ukraine goes from bad to worse, Russia may still win a vote to reshape the net as we know it. -
25 Sep 2022
Ukraine conflict: turning point?
Putin’s new escalatory threats and the near-existential battle for Russia and its president. -
20 Sep 2022
The war in Ukraine is pushing Central Asia away from Russia
Russia’s loss has been China’s gain. -
19 Sep 2022
China’s ungainly balancing act with Russia
The promise is a “no limits” friendship. But there are evident boundaries, all the same. -
9 Sep 2022
The SCO: an illiberal club of growing global significance
A likely face-to-face meeting between Putin, Xi and Modi will be an uncomfortable sight for Quad partners. -
6 Sep 2022
China, Russia and North Korea: the wars that never end
A new book explores pride and defiance as weapons of history in the world’s socialist and autocratic bloc. -
1 Sep 2022
Downer, Turnbull, Trump and a poke in the Five Eyes
Just a diplomat doing his job? A new book puts the spotlight back on Australia, Russia and interference in the US election. -
1 Sep 2022
A new solidarity? Olaf Scholz on the future of Europe
Acknowledging the continent’s centre is “moving eastwards” marked the German chancellor’s address as visionary, of sorts. -
31 Aug 2022
Death of a Russian ultranationalist
What is the effect of the death of a Russian ultranationalist? Unfortunately, more of the same, it seems. -
31 Aug 2022
Mikhail Gorbachev: The last revolutionary
Ambitious Soviet reformer whose political career was defined by “perestroika”. -
22 Aug 2022
Six months of war in Ukraine: Europe’s life and fate
Emotions have inevitably subsided but support for Ukraine remains resolute – enough to dismay Putin-loving populists. -
11 Aug 2022
India and Russia: friends for a reason, friends for a season
Delhi plays a delicate balancing act between self-interest and historical friendship. And it’s all about oil and gas. -
10 Aug 2022
Russia and North Korea: never waste a good crisis
With the world focused on Ukraine, Taiwan and elsewhere, North Korea is making mischief and remains a threat. -
3 Aug 2022
Russia and Turkey: Sometimes strongmen need to get along
Putin and Erdoğan have forgiven all manner of friendship-breaking behaviour to retain their power in Eurasia. -
26 Jul 2022
Winter is coming: staying the course on Ukraine
Standing firm against Russia won’t be easy for Western governments faced with Putin’s chokehold on European gas. -
30 Jun 2022
War fatigue in the West
The democratic world passed the compassion test for Ukraine. Now it faces the real challenge. -
28 Jun 2022
How Turkey’s position on Ukraine is further destabilising Syria
Erdoğan wants sanctions relief and is forcing NATO leaders into making an uncomfortable choice. -
9 Jun 2022
Thailand seeking to profit from a global food crisis
The war in Ukraine has highlighted weaknesses in Thailand’s policymaking and prompted cartel behaviour … again. -
7 Jun 2022
Is Vladimir Putin sick?
What rumours about the Russian president’s health reveal about the Kremlin – and the rest of us. -
3 Jun 2022
Global food threats: a chicken and egg story
“Temporary disruptions” carry a long term risk. But unwinding international supply chains could send farmers backward.