Australia

Buildup Down Under

The American president insisted his historic visit to Australia was not about China. But, of course, that's exactly what it was about.

BY RORY MEDCALF | NOVEMBER 17, 2011

The LWOT: Patriot Act renewed just before deadline

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MAY 27, 2011

The LWOT: Mumbai terror trial focuses on Pakistani intelligence role

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MAY 24, 2011

Down Under … Water

Scenes of Australia's "Inland Tsunami."

JANUARY 12, 2011

The LWOT: Terror arrests roil Europe; Obama considers indefinite detention review process

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JANUARY 3, 2011

Check Matey

A woman is finally prime minister of Australia. But for how long?

BY CHLOE ANGYAL | AUGUST 18, 2010

Location, Location, Location

The curse of distance isn’t going anywhere.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY/AUGUST 2010

Nanjing by the Numbers

A new report on the 1937-1938 massacre doesn't settle the contested issue of how many people died -- but it points to a much more significant new consensus between Japan and China.

BY KATE MERKEL-HESS, JEFFREY N. WASSERSTROM | FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Seven Questions: José Ramos-Horta

East Timor's Nobel Prize-winning president asks, just who is the failed state here?

BY SIMON ROUGHNEEN | JULY 9, 2009

A Cringing Aussie Left

BY PAUL SHEEHAN | MARCH 1, 2002