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Published in: HomeGreat policy challenge facing Australia: a land of plenty and not a leader in sightIn Australia, both at the Commonwealth and state levels economic policies do not address the problems the country...
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Published in: HomeChina, the view from the ground
The self-organising efforts of migrant workers and rights activists across China offer a vital insight into the...
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Published in: 50.50Outsourcing responsibilities: Australia's punitive asylum regimeAustralia’s return to offshore detention and processing centres for asylum seekers signals a renewed willingness to...
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Published in: HomeChina and Japan: a conflict of logics
The territorial dispute between regional powers has the potential to escalate. All the more reason for the Chinese...
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Published in: HomeNepal, a constitutional impasse
Nepal is still awaiting a new constitution to complete its transition from a decade of conflict to democracy. So...
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Published in: HomeChina: Xi Jinping's new generation
The imminent transition of power in Beijing will see a new ruling group arrive in power. But does its background and...
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Published in: HomeKashgar's old city: the endgame
China's plan to transform the heart of Uyghur culture, learning and urban settlement - Kashgar old city - is well...
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Published in: HomeChina's party, Bo Xilai's legacy
The efforts of China's ruling elite to cope with the scandal that consumed a leading comrade mark a political...
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Published in: HomeDoubting North Korea’s ‘collapsists’
Commentators on North Korea have predicted the immanent downfall of its dictatorial regieme since its inception, but...
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Published in: HomeBurma: between elections and democracy
The by-election victory of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party in Burma (Myanmar) raises the question of whether the country is...
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Published in: openSecurityTrial by media: Bangladesh's 'International' Crimes Tribunal
Phone tapping, court orders and vitriolic condemnations of the accused point to a disconcerting unity between the...
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Published in: HomeJapan, the earthquake and the mediaThe worst disaster in Japan since the second world war hit the country's north-east coastal region on 11 March 2011....
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Published in: HomeChina's elite: a language deficit
Beijing is concerned by Washington's more assertive regional policy in Asia. But here as elsewhere the Chinese...
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Published in: HomeTaiwan's election, and the need for nuance
Taiwan's presidential election saw the incumbent Ma Ying-jeou win another four-year term in office over his opponent...
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Published in: HomeNorth Korea, the arts of succession
The aftermath of the death of Kim Jong-Il highlights the obstacles in the way of a clear assessment of North Korea's...
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Published in: Home2012, an era of uncertainty
The tsunami and nuclear accident made 2011 an especially hard year for Japan. But the questions raised by the...
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Published in: HomeKim Jong-Il: leadership and legacy
North Korea's leader of almost two decades has died. What happens next will determine Kim Jong-Il's place in the...
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Published in: HomePakistan: next in line?
After Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has now turned its belligerent attention towards Pakistan. But opening...
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Published in: HomeBangladesh: A road map for political disaster
Far from being reconciliatory, the government's International War Crimes Tribunal is tantamount to a witch hunt of...
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Published in: HomeDecember 1, 1961: Fly the flag of independence - West Papua and the Indonesian Empire
Life in the furthest recesses of New Guinea has not only been transformed but devastated by forces that originate at...
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