13 Mar 2018
Trump’s tariff antics as the TPP-11 is signed
The World Trade Organisation could be in a precarious position in its role of keeping a lid on protectionism.
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13 Mar 2018
The resurgence of Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is positioned to reclaim the pre-eminent position in the violent Salafi-jihadi struggle. -
12 Mar 2018
Aid and development links: food security in China, AI in development, and more
Links and stories from the aid and development sector. -
12 Mar 2018
Countering youth radicalisation in Indonesia
A visit to an ornate Catholic church is one of several ways Indonesians are seeking to challenge hard-line Muslim attitudes. -
12 Mar 2018
No urgency in cutting Australian corporate tax
Foreign direct investment in Australia has boomed despite warnings of a sharp loss of international competitiveness. -
12 Mar 2018
Australia’s fraught global arms ambitions
Australia’s defence export strategy could wind up being a $200-billion experiment gone wrong. -
11 Mar 2018
A year of internet stardom: “BBC Dad” reflects
We were lucky that our 15 minutes of fame was due to something positive. -
10 Mar 2018
Weekend catch-up: International Women’s Day, tariffs, Timor-Leste, and more
The week that was on The Interpreter. -
9 Mar 2018
Rocket Man and the Dotard: a leaders’ summit for the age
<p>It seems, to borrow the military phrase, a sudden escalation in peaceful possibilities.</p> -
9 Mar 2018
Russian spy case: dead men walking
Suspicions about the attempted assassination of a former Russian spy in Britain are born of bitter experience. -
9 Mar 2018
The myth of Chinese containment
Beijing has fostered calculated messages to confuse Western countries about Chinese concerns, real or imagined. -
9 Mar 2018
Sensitivities flare in New Caledonia
Emmanuel Macron will visit New Caledonia in May, amid increased tension as the territory’s November deadline for an independence referendum nears. -
9 Mar 2018
Migration and border policy links: Australian citizenship test, Italian elections, and more
Links and updates from across the migration and border policy field. -
8 Mar 2018
Gender equality in the Foreign Policy White Paper
International Women’s Day is important: it’s what we do the other 364 days of the year that will eventually achieve genuine gender equality. -
8 Mar 2018
The pain of hearing: Australia’s parliament recognises Yazidi genocide
A motion in parliament last week gave a crucial voice to a community’s suffering. -
8 Mar 2018
Surmounting Indonesia’s education problems
The challenge is cyclical: if a degree from an overseas university is seen as a better investment, why demand better teaching back home? -
8 Mar 2018
Time for women to “wage war on war” once more
The modern world could benefit from revisiting the manifesto of the Women’s Peace Army at the time of the Great War. -
8 Mar 2018
The choice between hard or soft Brexit
Britain might be technically free of the EU on 30 March 2019, but just how free remains an extremely vexed question. -
8 Mar 2018
Aid, poverty, and gender inequality in the Indo-Pacific
Gender equality remains a central and definitive Labor value, at home and internationally. -
8 Mar 2018
Gender parity at the UN: promises to keep
A few “female bodies” in meeting rooms is not the end goal for advancement and empowerment of women at the UN. -
8 Mar 2018
International Women’s Day on The Interpreter
Today will feature a compelling line-up of female writers providing our usual foreign affairs analysis and expertise. -
7 Mar 2018
Timor Gap: a boundary, yet disputes linger
A landmark agreement has not yet resolved Timor-Leste's urgent need for the Greater Sunrise development. -
7 Mar 2018
Pacific Islands links: film in PNG, Vanuatu genealogy, and more
Links and stories from around the Pacific by The Interpreter team. -
7 Mar 2018
Multilateral trade versus self-interest
Australia could chose an approach to minimise the political damage from failing to obtain an exemption to Trump’s tariffs. -
7 Mar 2018
A “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” and what it means for Australia
The recently revived Quadrilateral is evolving and less explicitly focused on defence issues. -
7 Mar 2018
New Zealand’s Pacific sea change
The Pacific Islands region is the focus of the most significant shift in New Zealand foreign policy in decades. -
6 Mar 2018
Natural disaster mismanagement in PNG
Port Moresby needs to fund relief programs properly and raise awareness in high-risk areas before disasters strike. -
6 Mar 2018
Beijing’s welcome mat for overseas Chinese
The Chinese Communist Party desires the skills, connections, and knowledge of the outside world. -
6 Mar 2018
The Timor Trough – two separate shelves
In maritime boundary negotiations with Indonesia, Canberra argued the seabed between Australia and Timor comprised two separate continental shelves. -
6 Mar 2018
The flawed logic of Russia’s new weapon systems
Moscow's efforts will likely damage its own security more than anything else. -
6 Mar 2018
Xi Jinping and the grip of the party
Xi Jinping is determined to consolidate and strengthen China’s ruling communist party’s grip on government and the military, the intelligentsia and civil society. -
5 Mar 2018
North Korea’s time-buying strategy
Olympic peace gestures aside, scientists in Pyongyang need time to collect and analyse data from last year’s missile tests. -
5 Mar 2018
The long road back for the US to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Donald Trump’s decision to place levies on steel and aluminium imports has squashed hope the US may be adopting a more sensible view on trade. -
5 Mar 2018
Aid and development links: waste pickers, African high tech, and US aid changes
Stories from across the web in the aid and development sector. -
5 Mar 2018
Germany gets a government
The next four years may prove to be the most transformative period in German politics for some time. -
5 Mar 2018
To Russia: a plea of caution on Syria
Vladimir Putin is haunted by his own words on this tragic conflict. -
3 Mar 2018
Weekend catch-up: Xi forever, steel tariffs, and foreign policy speeches
The week that was on The Interpreter. -
2 Mar 2018
CVE: the “reinvent the wheel” research field
Policymakers and journalism have had the jump on academics studying extremism. -
2 Mar 2018
Trump’s tariffs: not a trade war, yet
China’s steel and aluminium exports are tiny – punitive US tariffs on China’s manufacturing would be recklessly damaging. -
2 Mar 2018
China’s loans and the debt dilemma
Is Beijing making living with debt easier for poor nations, or easier to default on? -
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1 Mar 2018
Economic diplomacy brief: Asian infrastructure, football diplomacy, and investor protection
Big plans and big projects are dominating the Great Game of power politics. -
1 Mar 2018
Quality over quantity: Indonesia’s education challenge
Debates about opening up Indonesia’s education system might also allow the country to grow its income. -
1 Mar 2018
New Zealand’s new idealism
In her first major foreign policy speech, Jacinda Ardern successfully juggled the diverse interests of her three-party government. -
1 Mar 2018
Migration and border policy links: Syrian displacement, Myanmar, and more
Links and updates from across the migration and border policy field. -
1 Mar 2018
Elections in Thailand, maybe, but still in the middle of a muddle
The coup-installed government is living on borrowed time. -
28 Feb 2018
We need to talk about Australia’s international policy
The failure to speak to the public at home and with vigour about foreign policy is a mistake. -
28 Feb 2018
Pacific Islands links: PNG earthquake, Vanuatu deputy PM charged, and media freedom
Links and stories from around the Pacific by The Interpreter team. -
28 Feb 2018
The danger of might without power
The US cannot only respond to Beijing’s growing economic heft by increasing its military capabilities. -
28 Feb 2018
Shrugging Indonesia’s inferiority complex
Australia should be watching the foreign policy renaissance in Jakarta with keen interest.