Trumpian currency intervention is a bigger risk than China weaponising the renminbi.

Assessing the education of girls in India, hiring an apprentice helps, plus links from across the development sector.

Can the US escape a “law of the hammer”, where the deployment of American troops abroad offers a temptation to use them?

From the heights of political power to the depths of violence, Hela province follows a familiar path.

The terminology might have converged, but differing interpretations of how to manage the region still pose a challenge.

Nominating loyalist John Ratcliffe as US intelligence chief will only compound the problem of speaking truth to power.

Why is the world only now hearing about the apparent death of the al-Qaeda scion, and will it hurt the terrorist group?

“Friendship” is a common formula Beijing’s uses describe its Pacific ties – but what does being friends really mean?

Those trying to turn Mack Horton’s spat with Sun Yang into an attack on China have plunged down the wrong lane.

The WTO fight over India’s sugar subsidies is a chance for New Delhi to encourage farmers into more profitable crops.

A greater proportion of women in key leadership roles is critical in meaningful and enduring change.

Michael Fullilove discusses Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and Scott Morrison.

Speculation Mukhriz Mahathir could take over from his father is just that – Anwar Ibrahim is anointed.

The next election is cast as a Clinton v Trump-like contest between a breezy populist and “adult in the room”.

China’s Antarctic law-making plans hinge on winning consensus ­– very different from proposals that win little support.

The difference between how China sees the world and how the world sees China can lead to a seriously dizzying view.

No, but international treaties that govern outer space loom as a potential flashpoint for growing US-China competition.

Could the Australian response to Japanese trade practices in the late 1970s be a blueprint for dealing with China now?

As awareness of digital vulnerabilities grows, fostering resilience against exploitation across open societies is key.

With the US election looming, the window for an agreement is closing – yet the two sides are closer than often assumed.

Hollywood’s “Healthy Development” of an audience in China carries a cost should reel life mask the real thing.

New research suggests students themselves know the best strategies to prevent violent radicalisation in universities.

A bitter rift over sex claims between would-be successors has again shown the ugly side of Malaysia’s politics.

This immensely sad and troubling episode has a context in the Pacific, and women of the region know it.