europe
europe
europe August 5, 2017
Exporting Australia’s offshore detention policy
The Manus Island detention centre may be closing, but its legacy lives on in Europe, where leaders have looked to Australia for lessons on how to stop the boats – no matter the human cost.
europe July 15, 2017
The father, the son and the Hillary ghost
Putin masterful at G20; Russian hacking stops cybersecurity talks with US; PNG election monitors quit.
middle east June 10, 2017
Paris accord with US may outlast Trump
May Day at the UK elections; Qatar cut off by Saudi, Egypt, Bahrain and UAE.
europe June 17, 2017
Britain joins US in socialist revival
Brexit talks begin; Trump not welcome in London, but Canberra keen; China’s online crackdown on arts news.
middle east June 3, 2017
Europe must control its own fate: Merkel
Merkel steps up in EU and Germany; Trump returns to family crisis; More Australian troops to be sent to Afghanistan.
europe May 13, 2017
FBI probe lands its director in firing line
Security agencies get $321 million budget boost; Just the start for Macron; Jakarta governor jailed for two years.
middle east May 6, 2017
Trump plays low-key for Turnbull visit
Macron favourite in French poll; Hamas gets new charter; Visa changes upset India, NZ.
middle east April 29, 2017
Donald Trump’s grandiose Mexico promise hits a wall
China calls for US restraint; Macron and Le Pen into election second round; Turnbull committed on Afghanistan.
europe April 22, 2017
France prepares to put Le Pen to paper
France goes to the polls; Baswedan elected Jakarta governor; Korean missile fails.
middle east April 8, 2017
Putin’s allies dispute Syria link to St Petersburg bomber
Bashar al-Assad denies responsibility for chemical attack; Xi Jinping visiting Mar-a-Lago; Donald Trump diplomacy.
middle east April 1, 2017
Malcolm Turnbull pulls China treaty ratification
Arabs paying price for US bungling; Hamas changes policy; Britain begins exit from European Union.
