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europe March 23, 2019
Grand debate quiets Macron detractors
Italy moves to join Belt and Road Initiative. Taiwanese leader wooing independence allies. Prayuth Chan-ocha recasting his image for Thai election. The Macron Show tours France to assuage protesters.
middle east March 16, 2019
May needs third chance for Brexit
Daesh's last Syrian enclave set to fall. Oil spill off Solomon Islands. Russia plans to disconnect local internet from the web. May's Brexit chaos continues.
middle east March 2, 2019
Making nuclear summits great again
Trump and Kim hold second summit on North Korea’s nuclear program. Marshall Islands seeks to lift atolls as climate change sees oceans rise. The US plans to send further aid and impose additional sanctions on Venezuela. ISIS brides in limbo.
middle east March 9, 2019
Surgical Strike 2.0 sees tension escalate
India’s retaliatory strikes on Pakistan. Australia–Indonesia trade deal. China’s National People’s Congress. The new Arab Spring.
europe February 23, 2019
West losing its grip on the global order
Merkel attacks new ‘home alone’ approach by US, while Pence warns Europe over purchasing Russian arms. China puts limits on Australian coal imports and rebukes New Zealand. UNHCR condemns arrest of Filipino journalist Maria Ressa. Shinzō Abe nominates Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize, at White House's request.
middle east December 15, 2018
Conservatives vote for Theresa May to remain
Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou bailed in Canada; Donald Trump’s lawyer jailed.
europe December 15, 2018
Portugal’s medical model of drugs
Drug policy reform in Portugal, from pill testing to decriminalisation, may provide a model for Australia. Lisbon’s ‘dissuasion commissioner’ Nuno Capaz talks about understanding drug use as a medical, rather than a moral, issue.
europe December 8, 2018
Theresa May suffers defeats on Brexit. Trump backs down when facing Xi Jinping at G20. Trump’s former lawyer pleads guilty. Philippine journalist charged with tax fraud.
middle east December 1, 2018
Heat on Paul Manafort to tell all. Republicans hold on in Deep South. Nancy Pelosi under pressure.
middle east November 24, 2018
China and US talks hit a snag at APEC
US and China clash at APEC ahead of G20. Trump won't pursue Mohammed bin Salman. Theresa May’s next Brexit deadline.
asia pacific November 17, 2018
Morrison, China and the Pacific
Scott Morrison and Xi Jinping take on international diplomacy in the Pacific. Beijing boosting regional security, not military. South-west Pacific in political turmoil. ‘Soft power’ review under way as case made for Radio Australia’s return.
