The Chinese-Timorese community face discrimination and stereotypes in the country they’ve long called home.

The rejection of May’s Brexit deal has Daniel Flitton speaking to Philomena Murray to help make sense of the moment.

Scott Morrison on an island escapade, leaders serenade, and links and stories from the Pacific Islands region.

<p>Boris Johnson should look to Australia&nbsp;before saddling the UK’s aid agency with a costly diplomatic merger.</p>

Huawei's proposal for Kiwis to build their own 5G infrastructure can't mask tensions between Wellington and Beijing.

A call for the Philippines' possible withdrawal from the US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty has come as a surprise.

<p>Few noisy bugs and heap of hype is telling of the conspiratorial flavour in contemporary international politics.</p>

Past “gentlemen’s agreements” aside, deciding the next World Bank chief is not the sole prerogative of Donald Trump.

North Korea loves to talk, and talk, and talk, but South Korea has too many domestic problems to simply ignore.

Far from being the sick man of Asia, Japan’s strengths appear set to grow.

Rather than another grand initiative for the Pacific, Scott Morrison should join up policy at home for deeper relations.

Despite anxiety about China’s growing footprint in South Asia and Africa, countries see a chance to balance past ties.

North Korea is seeking to decouple South Korea and the US by widening the gap on their North Korea policies.

Japan’s withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission may counterintuitively offer hope to conservation efforts.

Beijing has loosened rules on public worship, but its approach to religion is bound to the Party's political interests.

How does Donald Trump’s fixation with border fortifications sit in the context of historic and contemporary examples?

An incoming Australian government should review and rethink the purpose of state-funded international broadcasting.

The country performs very badly on almost all metrics in protecting its environment, even with small strides forward.

Kori Schake’s sober and clear-eyed analysis punctures both the realist sceptics and the liberal triumphalists.

Links and stories from the aid and development sector.

If he chooses, Trump now has the opportunity to push the Bank towards a more conservative global agenda.

After a lobbying campaign, Australia will retain exclusive access to a special visa allowing people to work in the US.

The Taiwanese president struggles to get the green light for DPP leadership in the 2020 presidential elections.

Aung San Suu Kyi failed in her promises to the international community of a peaceful and democratic country.

Speculation about succession by Hun Sen’s eldest son is an interesting talking point – that could go on a while yet.

Getting a seat at the table won’t depend on rankings tables but what a country can offer to the group.

Climate change is a health crisis: meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement would save lives.

Ben Rhodes’ memoir of his years in the Obama White House defends his record but is tinged by doubt.

This was a year of extraordinary diplomacy on the Korean peninsula, summitry and circuses.

Read the best Interpreter pieces on the grim revival of state sanctioned assassinations. Allegedly.

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The two largest economies in the world have spent the year exchanging threats of retaliatory tariffs.

In a region marked by rulers with much to hide, these moves to silence the criticism of the mighty is worrying.

Another year, another Prime Minister, and more upheaval at home to distract Australia abroad.

The ten most popular Interpreter articles of 2018.

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Mattis said Trump deserves a defense secretary “whose views are better aligned with yours”. Does such a person exist?

Seen as a cleanskin, Atmar would have a colossal job to convince international donors to keep up support.

The arrest of the Canadian researcher sends a chill China-watching communities around the world.

International law obligations and there is little evidence that revoking citizenship reduces the terrorist threat.

Opportunities in Bougainville won’t be easily or quickly realised, and certainly not without community support.

Exactly what “moving on” means will become apparent in the months ahead but such a rapid exit has obvious ramifications.

The much-forecast arrival of geo-economics has seen an acceptance – and even a desire – for US-China tech competition.

The advantage of concessional loans is grant funding by Australia can be leveraged into a much larger amount.

A US Africa strategy should focus on US-Africa relations, not on China-Africa relations.

There has been a clear shift in US thinking regarding China's long term trajectory.

Current measures are clearly insufficient to drastically improve air quality.

Links and stories from the aid and development sector.

Mistaken assumptions about Indian history is leading to profound misunderstandings about its foreign policy priorities.