Despite significant participation in agriculture, women across both regions face similar obstacles to ownership.

A new survey is a wake-up call for governments and organisations to direct urgent funding to women’s peace and security.

Australia has borne the blame for sinking the first Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. The history is not so simple.

In a new interview series, the former US special envoy discusses conflict in Syria and maximalist foreign policy goals.

The recent territorial disputes in the Himalaya have a long history. They also imperil the future of a fragile place.

Donald Trump’s offer to bring Australia into the G7 isn’t nearly so simple as pulling up a chair to the top table.

The US President’s offer to mediate a “big conflict” at Ladakh is a little more public than India is used to.

The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region and the world.

In the face of the pandemic, humanitarian operations are facing extreme challenges. The past holds a few lessons.

National carriers, many already struggling, have been hit hard in the Covid-19 crisis and will need to adapt to survive.

Shortages are returning to a continent with literal red flags to show the virus is compounding poverty.

An independence leader has accused France of “colonialist” Covid-19 measures in a bid to shore up the loyalist vote.

Mauritius can’t have sovereignty over the Chagos and US nuclear weapons housed on Diego Garcia. Or can it?

After presidential rivals settle on a power-sharing deal, the big question remains: Will the Taliban come to the table?

Australian growers are effectively banned from a huge market. But details of the decision show how it may be reversed.

A quest to find the “magic bullet” is drawing dangerous political lines. Without cooperation, nobody wins.

Recent scandals have raised questions about the culture within the country’s diplomatic corps. There are ways to fix it.

Stung by the barley and meat export disputes with China, easy talk about diversifying export markets now gets real.

Allowing more access would be an important first step to ending human rights abuses in the troubled Indonesian province.

Nations have battled one another for strategic advantage in space for decades. Actual fighting would be a step beyond.

For Western donors, this has not been their finest hour, yet collective action offers a chance to revive past success.

Major events that capture population attention, whether pandemics or elections, are ripe for manipulation.

A bid by Mauritius to claim the Chagos Archipelago puts the future of the base in question. Does the US have an answer?

The conventional wisdom emerging around “sovereignty” vs “surrender” may be more foolish than wise.