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India launches its mammoth vaccine drive

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A very British crisis

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Warwick McFadyen 18 Jan 2021 12:30

When a pigeon’s supposed feat evokes a birdbrained response

A “biosecurity” threat to Australia’s strict quarantine system sends the nation all a flutter.
Shankaran Nambiar 18 Jan 2021 11:00

Resisting uncertainty, Malaysia is finding itself

Covid-19 has turbocharged Malaysia’s already fractious politics – and that’s flowing into the country’s economy.
Graeme Smith 18 Jan 2021 06:00

Boys’ love brings edgy drama to China, and a backlash

As a genre, gay fiction has leapt from words to the screen with enormous popularity, but not beyond the censor’s reach.
Sam Roggeveen 15 Jan 2021 11:00

Book review: The Ministry for the Future

Putting the fate of the world in the hands of boring bureaucrats might not seem compelling – might just also be right.
Aarti Betigeri 15 Jan 2021 09:00

India launches its mammoth vaccine drive

Two Covid vaccines are rolling out across the country – and offers to neighbours might boost India's reputation.
Johannes Nugroho 15 Jan 2021 06:00

The cleric shell game in Indonesia

Joko Widodo is sending mixed signals about whether he is truly combating religious radicalism.
Hadrien T. Saperstein 14 Jan 2021 10:30

America’s troubles ahead in the Asia-Pacific

A US return to multilateralism can’t reverse a shifting strategic landscape and the fallout of domestic strife.
Mark Beeson 14 Jan 2021 05:00

A very British crisis

The ineptitude of the UK’s Covid response is on full display the moment you arrive in the country.
Diwangkara Bagus Nugraha, Filda Citra Yusgiantoro 13 Jan 2021 11:00

Indonesia lags on renewable energy, and pays the price

Global companies are looking for clean energy, but Indonesia is failing to keep up with neighbours in the region.

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Long Reads

The unique power of TikTok’s algorithm

Xueyin Zha

Even if the question of control is resolved, this game-changing app may still pose a challenge to democratic norms.
Afghanistan’s unseen Covid crisis

Andrew Quilty

In a country familiar with tragedy, the pandemic is met with a dose of nonchalance. But the numbers keep going up.
The strange connections of isolation

Melissa Conley Tyler

Reflecting on a year when a virus closed borders and drove us all together.

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The rush nearly 20 years ago to buy the fighter of the future exposed fundamental shortcomings in defence acquisitions.
Mark Beeson 14 Jan 2021 05:00

A very British crisis

The ineptitude of the UK’s Covid response is on full display the moment you arrive in the country.
Adnan Aamir 14 Dec 2020 06:00

A dilemma for Pakistan as UAE cuts off work visas

A vital source of employment and income has been severed after Pakistan ran afoul of its powerful benefactors.
Dominic Meagher 12 Jan 2021 11:30

What does the arrival of Covid vaccines mean for 2021?

The jab appeared in record time, but ending the pandemic will come down to politics as much as science.
Hadrien T. Saperstein 14 Jan 2021 10:30

America’s troubles ahead in the Asia-Pacific

A US return to multilateralism can’t reverse a shifting strategic landscape and the fallout of domestic strife.
Miah Hammond-Errey 11 Jan 2021 06:00

Securing the legal foundation for Australia’s intelligence agencies

The Richardson review reinforces principles of legality, propriety and accountability while keeping pace with change.

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