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  • 22 Oct 2025
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Europe
    • Global Economy
    • Diplomacy
    • The Americas

    Geopolitics and making sense of the NEWS: North, East, West, South

    Abhinandan Kumar
    More than geography, the coordinates of a state are borne of ideology, history and power perceptions.
  • 12 Sep 2025
    • The Americas

    Conflict creeps into Caribbean calm

    Gabriela Bernal
    Small European territories fear the cost of proximity as tensions boil between Washington and Caracas.
  • 31 Jul 2025
    • Australia
    • Migration
    • The Americas

    Brazil’s new visa rule sends a diplomatic message to Australia

    Filipe Porto
    What seems like bureaucracy may reflect deeper tensions over reciprocity, symmetry, and emerging power dynamics.
  • 4 Feb 2025
    • Trade
    • The Americas

    Trump tariffs – madness, method, or mayhem?

    Jenny Gordon
    The more successful the strategy the lower the tariff revenue generated, and other economic realities…
  • 31 Jan 2025
    • Japan
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • The Americas

    The practical effect of a constitutional ban on war

    Sheridan Ward
    A declaration might be often dismissed as symbolic but can promote peace by shaping the perspective of the public and leaders.
  • 14 Jan 2025
    • Trade
    • The Americas
    • United States

    Trump goes deep into the Panama Canal

    Selwyn Parker
    But Panama, which is very proud of its operations, already has plans that would be in America’s interests.
  • 8 Jan 2025
    • The Americas

    Curaçao: The island comfortable not quite independent

    Gabriela Bernal
    A multicultural melting pot, the former capital of the Netherlands Antilles still makes its own way.
  • 12 Dec 2024
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • The Americas
    • United States

    Peru’s new megaport reveals a refined Belt and Road

    Selwyn Parker
    China’s gain is America’s loss as deal wraps up control of key Latin American port for more than half a century.
  • 13 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • Climate change
    • Pacific Islands
    • The Americas

    Where to for Australia’s First Nations Foreign Policy?

    'Alopi Latukefu
    The climate is right to make environmental diplomacy a centrepiece of this new approach to the world.
  • 5 Jul 2024
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Global Issues
    • The Americas

    Why Australia needs more flights to Latin America

    Kazimier Lim
    Australia’s civil aviation sector needs to be an effective tool for connection and diplomacy in signalling political interests.
  • 23 Jan 2024
    • Australia
    • The Americas

    Australia and Brazil must seize the chance for closer green cooperation

    Deborah Barros Leal Farias , Alexander M. Hynd , William Clapton , Elizabeth Thurbon
    Distance should not be a barrier to recognising – and enhancing – shared interests.
  • 7 Dec 2023
    • International law
    • United Nations
    • The Americas

    Does the world have any energy left to cope with another war?

    Donald R Rothwell
    Talk of conflict between South American countries Venezuela and Guyana has suddenly flared over a longstanding border dispute.
  • 6 Dec 2023
    • Energy
    • Technology
    • The Americas

    The geopolitics of Argentina’s lithium trade

    Marina Yue Zhang
    Will the new government redefine its trade ties with China – and at what cost?
  • 30 Nov 2023
    • The Americas

    Argentina: From beggar to chooser

    Juan Battaleme
    Voters backed the promise of a functional economy with fewer restrictions, but the new administration will now need to convince the world.
  • 29 May 2023
    • Thailand
    • The Americas

    What Thailand’s youth leaders can learn from Chile’s radical government

    Adhiraaj Anand
    The Move Forward Party hope to remake politics but that means carrying people along.
  • 13 Dec 2022
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Trade
    • Global Issues
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus
    • Environment
    • Transnational Challenges
    • The Americas

    2022: A global turning point

    Ian Hill
    Looking at trends and contours that have coalesced this year to make international politics more contested and unpredictable.
  • 25 Nov 2022
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • The Americas

    Fruits of labour: Guatemala’s 30 minutes with the PM

    Daniel Flitton
    With farmers in Australia crying out for more workers, some outside-the-box thinking could help.
  • 5 Sep 2022
    • Australia in the World
    • Diplomacy
    • The Americas

    If Brazil’s ambassador could seed a few ideas with the Prime Minister 

    Daniel Flitton
    Australia has a growing personal connection to the South American giant, with diplomatic ties yet to catch up.
  • 15 Mar 2022
    • The Americas

    The first millennial left-wing president, Chile’s Gabriel Boric

    Antonio Castillo
    A pragmatic proponent of “radical democracy”, Boric ties to international change with careful statements at home.
  • 3 Dec 2021
    • Global Economy
    • The Americas
    • China
    • India
    • Russia
    • Africa

    Twenty years of BRICS

    Stephen Grenville
    As analysis by acronym, it has been a stunning success. But for reorganising global economic governance?
  • 27 Jan 2021
    • The Americas
    • United States

    Sovereignty and sensibility: What now for US-Mexico relations?

    Ann Deslandes
    Mexico’s president developed a surprisingly cosy relationship with Donald Trump, but those days are over.
  • 10 Nov 2020
    • The Americas
    • Human rights

    Small hope for justice in Mexico’s deadly “war on drugs”

    Ann Deslandes
    Outrage over the 2014 disappearance of 43 students and the demand for national reckoning has far-reaching implications.
  • 26 Aug 2020
    • The Americas
    • Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • Indonesia
    • South Korea
    • Türkiye

    Where next for MIKTA?

    Jeffrey Robertson
    Tacking the problems created by Covid-19 appear to be beyond this particular example of middle-power activism.
  • 14 Aug 2020
    • The Americas
    • Australia
    • Technology

    From Santiago to Sydney, opening Latin America with fibre-optic cable

    Alex Vedovi
    While no panacea, a new cable link is an unexpected chance for greater trans-Pacific ties away from superpower rivalry.
  • 10 Aug 2020
    • The Americas
    • Sustainability
    • China

    Chinese trawlers in the Galapagos: The protection challenge

    Mélodie Ruwet
    Locking off waters to protect biodiversity won’t work without recognising that fish don’t care for the lines on a map.
  • 9 Jun 2020
    • The Americas
    • China
    • China – Belt and Road Initiative

    The gravity of China’s space base in Argentina

    Erin Watson-Lynn
    What the South American country stands to gain from the deal is something of a mystery.
  • 27 May 2020
    • The Americas
    • Coronavirus

    A cry for help as Covid‑19 sweeps Latin America and hunger bites

    Antonio Castillo
    Shortages are returning to a continent with literal red flags to show the virus is compounding poverty.
  • 18 Feb 2020
    • The Americas
    • Australia

    The politics of fire, from the Amazon to the bush

    Deborah Barros Leal Farias
    Brazil and Australia have treated recent continental infernos in some remarkably similar ways.
  • 3 Feb 2020
    • The Americas
    • Australia
    • China

    Where Latin America can learn from Australia in dealing with China

    Francisco de Santibañes
    Rising Chinese influence has put South American capitals in a bind. Australia might provide them some useful lessons.
  • 27 Jun 2019
    • The Americas
    • Australia

    The Matildas and Socceroos vs. Marta and Messi

    Alex Vedovi
    Australia’s growing interest and standing in the world game is opening unexpected and lucrative ties with Latin America.
  • 12 Mar 2019
    • The Americas
    • China

    China’s growing Latin America ties also matter for Australia

    Erin Watson-Lynn
    Australia should focus on the southern cone of Latin America to strengthen its own ties with China.
  • 3 Oct 2018
    • The Americas
    • Trade

    NAFTA to USMCA – what’s in a name?

    Mike Callaghan
    In terms of the three members, Washington has come out on top – but this does not make it a “good” deal for the US.
  • 14 Feb 2018
    • The Americas
    • United States
    • China

    The Monroe Doctrine revival

    Diego Leiva
    The US is again seeking to stamp its authority in Latin America.
  • 11 Apr 2017
    • The Americas
    • The 2016 US Presidential Election

    Did ‘elites’ get the 2016 US election wrong?

    Thomas E Mann
    Congratulations to Joe Hockey for anticipating Trump's win. But perhaps it was not simply a matter of elites being out of touch, as his analysis suggests.
  • 7 Nov 2016
    • The Americas
    • United States

    Trump looks the part in final days of campaign

    Emma Connors
    Trump was at times boastful, when talking about his business success, and at times humble: ‘I am just a messenger’. People clapped and waved their signs but he wasn’t serious and they didn’t believe it.
  • 4 Nov 2016
    • Australia in the World
    • The Americas

    Should Australia be more like Canada?

    Mike Callaghan
    When it comes to a comparison of economic performance, Australia comes out ahead of Canada.

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