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YEZID SAYIGH An agreement transferring the Sudanese military’s commercial enterprises to civilian control is a remarkable step toward democratic consolidation, but could stumble on key...

CATHERINE RENSHAW Many Southeast Asian nations have struggled withauthoritarianism. Maybe the family can steer Myanmar straight. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/guiding-myanmar-away-from-ruin

ANTHONY BURKE Good pledges, moral suasion and new impetus for accountability have yet to sway the recalcitrant. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/high-hopes-hot-air-climate-change

SYED FAZL-E-HAIDER The government banned a right-wing religious group,then gave in to its demands. Which way does it go now? https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/pakistan-s-extremist-dilemma

Michael Shoebridge There’s a greater likelihood of major conflict in the Indo-Pacific region now than at any time since the end of the Vietnam War. https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-actions-not-australias-words-are-the-problem/

Marcus Hellyer US President Joe Biden has sent Congress his requested budget for the 2022 fiscal year. Due to the timelines of a presidential transition year, there’s...

MARIA DEMERTZIS Electronic cash might be the future, but it is still unclear what payment innovation it offers for the public, certainly in the euro...

ALEXANDER LEHMANN As European economies emerge from lockdowns, it is becoming clearer that corporate debt has reached critical levels. A new French scheme, in which...

Sergey Sukhankin Two important and connected developments in the second half of April—military exercises in Crimea (RIA Novosti, April 22) and the wider growing tensions...