Australia’s growing interest and standing in the world game is opening unexpected and lucrative ties with Latin America.

Cuba’s revolutionary struggle, looking back at three decades development work, and stories from the aid sector.

Election pollsters must deal with tricky challenges but issues polls – such as the Lowy Institute Poll – are different.

Summits are too often harshly judged on what they deliver now rather than the agenda set for the future.

Even without direct conflict, Washington’s tensions with Tehran pose an awkward alliance challenge for Canberra.

Tackling endemic domestic violence and the lack of women in parliament should be renewed as a focus across the Pacific.

Trials in absentia are problematic, but as with the Lockerbie trial, the quest for justice will be arduous and complex.

Could Japan’s Abe Shinzo – yes, Abe Shinzo – use his personal clout to give the flatlining G20 some new direction?

Washington is finding maximum pressure campaigns have limitations and bringing along friends and allies could help.

It’s wise to recall East Asia was unsettled and dangerous only a few decades ago, yet now drives Australia’s prosperity.

Tracing the life of Kim Jong-un delivers a captivating account of a chubby, cartoonish dictator that graces the screen.

The New York Times’ Beijing correspondent Chris Buckley is my guest on Rules Based Audio this week.

The political capture of once neutral institutions of government should be just as alarming.

A legal challenge over UK arms sales to Yemen combatants could put further pressure on Australia’s defence exports.

The US was quick to blame Iran for the oil tankers stricken in the Oman Gulf, yet will Donald Trump convince the world?

By never conceding a mistake – whether over Tiananmen or now in Hong Kong – the cost is a loss of people’s trust.

A second career for professional military veterans is not antithetical to the idea of civilian control of defence.

Links and stories from the aid and development sector.

The Muslim community is a vital to combatting terrorism and promoting social harmony so alienating them makes no sense.

We’re taking a day off. Normal publishing will resume on Tuesday.

Always known as a fiercely non-aligned leader, Malaysia’s Prime Minister has changed his tune on the Belt and Road.

Floating a different brand of diplomacy has plenty of attraction but still finds some choppy regional waters.

Was Lee Hsien Loong critical of China, giving the stick to America, or perhaps resigned he could please neither?

New documents from weeks after the 1989 crackdown show grovelling officials set China on a path to today’s lonely rule.