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Journalist Erin Cook surveys the events, people and politics this week in Southeast Asia. Oliver Bullough looks at the recent Russian referendum and the very real prospect of President Putin staying in power beyond 2030. Greg Jenner's an unexpected history of celebrity: from the bronze age to the silver screen.

Bruce Shapiro with the latest from the USA, some good news for regional newspapers and rising dementia in US prisons

Laura Tingle reports on the Eden Monaro ByElection; and the life and work of one of Australia's most important historians, Ken Inglis.

Elections for Tokyo Governor; Why the humanities remain important; The world in 2030, according to John Maynard Keynes

Former chair of Woolworths John Dahlsen explains how to assist struggling dairy farmers and why the price of milk needs to increase.. Author and journalist Andrew Fowler's update on jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Susanna De Vries biography of Nell Tritton: the Australian heiress who saved her husband from Stalin and the Nazis.

Turmoil in the southern states of America and Lanscapes of the Heart

Laura Tingle's Canberra; Is Donald Trump a fascist? A tribute to the late Owen Harries

Daniel McCarthy discusses how neocons are drifting back to the Democratic Party, we find out how tear gas evolved from the battlefield to become a method of policing civilian protests and Roger Matthews explains how archaeologists have come up with a novel way of stopping lockdown looting in Iraq.

As the UK comes out of hibernation Ian Dunt surveys the political landscape. Hugh Possingham and Peter Burnett consider what's at stake when Australia's key piece of environmental legislation is reviewed?

Bruce Shapiro on the President's bad week, John Keane on his book on the new despots and Liam Byrne on the early years of James Scullin and John Curtin