Although the US president has yet to set foot in Australia, Australian leaders have got Trump’s attention.

The multilateral development banks set up by China and the BRICS countries have evolved quickly from concept to reality.

The Kurdish-Iranian journalist left Manus Island after six years, but the bureaucratic hurdles still lie before him.

Yes, there has been a reduction in exports between China and the US, but there are other reasons besides tariffs.

China has overtaken the US with the largest diplomatic network in the 2019 Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index.

The election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa augurs a return to the abuses and anti-democratic tendencies of his brother’s regime.

Taking an honest look at a worst-case scenario isn’t scaremongering but could instead help avoid doing ourselves harm.

Debate about responsibility to support serving and former soldiers shows some feel abandoned as cultural norms shift.

The coming decision on the 2009 Maguindanao massacre will serve as a ruling on the Philippines’ judicial system itself.

Continued delays in announcing results have led to calls for an interim government, while the Taliban bide their time.

The most damaging unrest since the 1979 revolution lacks leadership or popular support, so appears doomed to fail.

Detailed reporting enlivens what is a substantive and important look at the world’s big economic test.

Links and stories from the aid and development sector.

Media freedom issues bedevil the region, but it’s the dwindling number of Pacific-based journalists that carries a cost.

Discredit, attack, and marginalise. Beijing is showing just how to wait out the protests, then turn the tide.

Getting something done about global warming might seem a bit too good to be true, but good policy ideas demand action.

Iran’s offer to connect Chabahar port to Pakistan’s Gwadar will frustrate India but might also encourage China.

India’s Supreme Court has delivered a ruling that will embolden the Hindu right and challenge the country’s secularism.

Historian William Dalrymple looks at how a small trading company in London became a mighty army and conquered India.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation efforts to rebrand itself as an economic forum deserve a second look.

A looming comeback by the powerful Rajapaksa family stirs fear among minorities and imperils fragile democratic gains.

Links and stories from across the Pacific Islands region.

Beyond a press release trumpeting “high-quality infrastructure” and “global trust standards”, things are a bit fuzzy.

Pyongyang has declared an end-of-year cut off in the nuclear talks, yet does such a deadline really matter?