Europe recorded growth of 0.3% in the second quarter of 2013, the first positive growth for the past six quarters.

The National Interest is hosting a detailed debate about the US AirSea Battle strategy.

Solahudin's book, The Roots of Terrorism in Indonesia (trans.

According to Paul Kennedy, China and the other great powers already form a kind of concert of powers.

Bob Bowker is a former Australian ambassador to Jordan and Egypt. He is now an Adjunct Professor at the ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies.

OK, so the Australian election is not exactly capturing the world's imagination, but as

Australians may be preoccupied with election politics, but the big strategic problems of their Indo-Pacific Asian region have hardly gone away.

Douglas Fry is a Fairfax Media writer.

For the latest, just follow the #Egypt hashtag on Twitter.

Short posts from Lowy Institute experts on what they regard as the most important international policy issue of this campaign.

Below, a collection of links to international coverage of the Australian elections. As you will see, most media outlets rely on news agencies like Reuters, AP and AFP to provide coverage, and the emphasis tends to be on scandals, gaffes and 'colour'.

Much has been made of the defence and security aspects of the Anglosphere and the other commonalities that bind us together.

Gorana Grgic is a PhD candidate at the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney.

RBC Global Asset Management says China headed for a severe slowdown, despite strong trade figures.

The world outside Australia did not intrude much on last evening's Leaders' Debate at the National Press Club.

Matthew Wheeler is a South East Asia Analyst with the International Crisis Group.

A quick update on the regional boom in 'flat-tops'; that is true aircraft carriers for fast-jet operations and also amphibious ships with large flight decks designed to carry helicopters and maybe drones and jump jets.

The ABC's Jane Hutcheon, a former foreign correspondent and now host of ABC News 24's One Plus One, asked some probing questions of Foreign Minister Bob Carr and his shadow Julie Bishop during Wednesday night's foreign

Thanks to the SMH for inviting me along to yesterday's Google Hangout with WikiLeaks founder and Senate candidate Julian Assange.