Obama's 'Don't Do Stupid Shit' Foreign Policy
From hope and change, to resets and pivots, to singles and doubles, to not sticking your finger in the electric socket. How far we've fallen.
Myanmar’s Junta Is Weak but Dangerous
The West shouldn’t let up pressure after Myanmar’s recent prisoner releases.
Biking Through the Pain of War
After 1,200 miles on their bikes, two strangers became sisters.
There Are No Easy Choices for Malaysians at the Ballot Box
A messy array of politicians and parties are competing to win the election—and avoid jail.
Why Japan Should Join AUKUS
Tokyo has become an indispensable security actor in the Indo-Pacific.
Using Soccer to Spread the Word About the Plight of the Rohingya
A team of Rohingya refugees forms a soccer club in Australia and becomes a beacon of hope.
20 Years After the Bali Bombings, What Have We Learned?
For an attack with such a high casualty count, it remains underanalyzed in the West.
Negotiating an American Journalist’s Freedom From Myanmar, Part 2
Negotiator Mickey Bergman tells the harrowing story of how he and his boss Bill Richardson got an imprisoned journalist out of Myanmar.
Penny Wong Wants Australia to Be More Than a Supporting Player
Can the new foreign minister escape the slipstream of the superpowers?
What a 19th-Century Shearer Can Teach Us About Korean-Australian Relations
People-to-people interactions are longer and deeper than the pair’s state relations.
In Myanmar, the Tatmadaw’s Frustration Fuels a Cycle of Violence
The junta’s tactics have grown more brutal in the face of resistance. The international community doesn’t have an answer.
Companies Quitting Myanmar Provide Hollow Victories Against Junta
The departures of France’s TotalEnergies and Norway’s Telenor have left the military regime with more money and control.
Negotiating an American Journalist’s Freedom From Myanmar, Part 1
Season 2 of "The Negotiators" starts with the dramatic negotiations that took place to free Danny Fenster, an American journalist imprisoned in Myanmar.
Is Italy on the Verge of Returning to Fascism?
Plus: The economic history of Australia.
Extreme Weather Is Brutalizing Asia
Floods, droughts, tropical storms, and heat waves are severely testing the resilience of a region with a lot of vulnerable people.
How Thai Activists Troll the Monarchy
Protesters have adopted humor and wit to critique the country’s politics.
Engagement With Myanmar’s Junta Has Failed
Accelerating atrocities show there’s no point in talking to a desperate regime.
The Built-In Brutality of Myanmar’s Military
Ignoring what everyone else thinks is part of the junta’s mindset.
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