With a new ambassador on the cards, Malcolm Turnbull might be able to reset Australia's relationships with Asia.
Just as Malcolm Fraser used the occasion of accepting Vietnamese refugees to try to stop the boats, Tony Abbott's last act as PM was not a mark of kindness, writes the Refugee Action Coalition's Ian Rintoul.
Singapore will go to the polls today, but don't expect an open and fair election.
Labor has successfully exploited voters' reservations about free trade to turn the China Australia Free Trade Agreement into a potent issue.
When Australia finally rediscovers its heart, we don't need to look as far as Syria to find people who need us.
While hardworking journalists sweated it out under threat of a defamation case in Thailand, Reuters head honchos sat in their boardroom, writes journalist David Harrison.
China’s militarism represents a very real problem for the region, but there’s already a much hotter war underway in cyberspace.
Thailand-based journalists Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian have been found not guilty by a Thai court. While it is a relief, they say Reuters has a lot to answer for.
China seemed like it had hit its straps in terms of economic management. But then it all started to come apart ...
Even before last night's bomb attack in Bangkok, Thailand's political economy was on shaky ground.
