Paul Keating attacks media for 'pious belchings' over China
Nov 19, 2019 02:48 am UTC| Insights & Views
Former prime minister Paul Keating has launched a scathing attack on the Australian media for its coverage of China, denouncing the nominally pious belchings of do-gooder journalists who live on leaks from security...
China's relationships with Greece and Italy are deepening – EU is reaping exactly what it sowed
Nov 19, 2019 02:46 am UTC| Insights & Views
The eurozone has emerged from its debt crisis of 2010-18 intact, but at a very high cost to the periphery. Greeces exit from its third bailout in August 2018, the swan song of the crisis, is perceived as successful only...
Lebanon: what protests against the sectarian elite mean for Hezbollah
Nov 05, 2019 11:57 am UTC| Insights & Views
The national uprising that has engulfed Lebanon since mid-October is historic and revolutionary. Protests have continued across Lebanon, even after Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned on October 29 saying he wanted to give...
Could Congress reverse Trump's decision to pull troops out of Syria?
Oct 31, 2019 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The political and humanitarian outcry condemning President Donald Trumps decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria came soon after he made the announcement. Trumps actions paved the way for Turkish troops to attack...
As Turkish troops move in to Syria, the risks are great - including for Turkey itself
Oct 12, 2019 09:03 am UTC| Insights & Views
Turkey did not waste much time in launching an attack on Syrian soil just days after US President Donald Trump announced he would withdraw US forces from northern Syria. As this development opens a new chapter in Syria,...
3 ways China benefits from the Hong Kong protests
Aug 27, 2019 01:36 am UTC| Insights & Views
The summer of 2019 has seen week after week of protest in Hong Kong. The protests began June 9 when as many as a million people marched against a bill that could allow suspects to be extradited to China. Hong Kongs...
What is at stake in the Strait of Hormuz?
Jul 22, 2019 13:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Tensions between the United States, Iran and other countries are flaring again in the Strait of Hormuz. There are competing explanations for whats going on in the narrow seaway through which 21% of the worlds crude oil...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight