National Affairs
31 July 2023
A group of Japanese foreign policy experts has a message for the Australian government
Books & Arts
17 March 2023
Democracy has spread in a distinctive way among Asia’s success stories
International
23 December 2022
Challenges at home are contributing to a tentative shift in relations with the West
Books & Arts
14 December 2022
A historian rescues a former leader from the party’s airbrushers
International
25 November 2022
Heir apparent in the 1990s, Anwar Ibrahim has finally taken Malaysia’s top job
Essays & Reportage
17 December 2021
Singapore is good at solving economic problems, but its political stagnation is stopping it from dealing with urgent social challenges
International
12 November 2021
Bad decisions on both sides are getting in the way of any moves to recognise the new regime in Kabul
National Affairs
4 October 2021
Australia’s retreat to the Anglosphere has implications beyond defence and trade
International
15 September 2021
Japan’s Liberal Democrats face a choice between the past and the future
Books & Arts
17 May 2021
How do you squeeze China’s history into 250 pages?
Books & Arts
2 May 2021
How can Southeast Asian countries embrace China without being crushed?
Essays & Reportage
30 April 2021
The Chinese president has rewritten the post-Mao rules, and the global implications could be profound
Books & Arts
2 February 2021
Books | Historian Tim Harper enters the hidden world of early-twentieth-century Asian revolutionaries
International
30 October 2020
National renewal is on hold while the government focuses on next weekend’s election
International
3 September 2020
Can a detached and inexperienced king cope with an unprecedented shift in popular sentiment?
International
26 June 2020
Amid the pandemic, trouble among Lee Kuan Yew’s descendants will shape next month’s election result
National Affairs
27 May 2020
A national institution’s inward turn comes at a strange time
International
4 April 2020
Despite lacking a coherent pandemic strategy, Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte is tightening his grip
International
28 February 2020
Less than two years after its historic election win, Malaysia’s ruling coalition is in chaos. How did it come to this?
International
17 February 2020
There are other things we should know about the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak
International
14 February 2020
A setback for Narendra Modi’s BJP doesn’t necessarily foreshadow a loss of national support
Correspondents
13 January 2020
Taiwanese voters add their voice to opponents of Xi Jinping’s ambitions
National Affairs
25 November 2019
Loss of confidence in political parties could translate into disengagement from our region
International
4 August 2019
Is a tired prime minister Lee Hsien Loong set to hand over the reins?
Books & Arts
31 May 2019
Books | Labor’s Ben Chifley played a key role in breaking down Australia’s fortress mentality
International
15 April 2019
Why is the likely loser of the Indonesian election already crying foul?
International
28 March 2019
Has social media created an artificial atmosphere around this year’s election?
International
27 March 2019
The South Asian giant will be back in more familiar territory after the May election
International
5 March 2019
The Hanoi summit might have failed to reach an agreement, but it highlighted the dilemmas facing the regime
International
11 February 2019
Trump, Brexit and right-wing populism created an opening for Xi Jinping and his colleagues, but their fears proved too deep