2 Feb 2026
The unseen front in the Philippines’ China challenge
A fragile Bangsamoro peace has wider implications for stability in the region.
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2 Feb 2026
India-EU trade deal: Beyond the “mother of all deals”
Trump’s trade tactics have misfired, pushing two of the world’s largest economies into a landmark partnership. -
2 Feb 2026
War games: Thriving on strategic turbulence
Washington is deploying a disruptive statecraft that pushes competitors and allies alike to their limits. -
30 Jan 2026
Why are Australia’s top diplomatic jobs still for men only?
Recent appointments of male envoys to London and Washington highlight persistent gender gaps at DFAT's highest level. -
30 Jan 2026
US policy in post-election Myanmar
Trump’s silence on Myanmar exposes the growing divergence in Western responses to global issues. -
30 Jan 2026
Climate change is a shared problem that needs shared solutions
A just climate transition requires fossil fuel companies and state-owned emitters to move together on climate finance. -
30 Jan 2026
Why Vietnam’s retirement age laws fail women and hold back the state
Compelling women to leave the workforce earlier than men undermines equality and weakens the country's public sector. -
29 Jan 2026
Pacific Islands: The hidden mental health costs of climate change
The region bears the psychological toll of the climate crisis but without the healthcare force to address it. -
29 Jan 2026
Tokyo court finds North Korea’s “Paradise on Earth” survivors were misled
The ruling on mass repatriation of Koreans from Japan between 1959 and 1984 will have wide implications for Japan-North Korea relations. -
29 Jan 2026
The nuclear fallacy: Why deterrence can't stop the AGI arms race
The race for artificial intelligence won't settle into a comfortable and familiar stalemate. -
29 Jan 2026
Conflict prevention or conflict avoidance in Australia’s foreign policy
The greatest risk for the Indo-Pacific comes from fragmented peace efforts backed by competing geopolitical powers. -
28 Jan 2026
Green shoots emerge in India’s economic reform agenda
The shock of US tariffs has helped revive India’s stalled liberalisation efforts. -
28 Jan 2026
The technology of repression: Iran re-engineers its security state
Iran is joining a global network of authoritarian repression aided by technology. -
28 Jan 2026
Resilience in a conditional trade order: ASEAN’s 2026 challenge
For ASEAN, policy volatility is now an input into industrial planning. -
27 Jan 2026
The last nautical mile: Pacific Islands’ path to energy resilience
Remote Pacific communities are pioneering renewable power solutions that prioritise local partnerships. -
27 Jan 2026
Fiji’s cocaine seizure shows the Pacific is learning to fight back
Pacific traditional leaders and communities are force multipliers against transnational organised crime. -
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23 Jan 2026
China's cyber forces are impressive, and growing
Beijing is harnessing civilian hackers and military units to build one of the world's most powerful cyber forces. -
23 Jan 2026
Middle powers can’t run the world
Mark Carney’s vision for a New World Order may be too good to be true. -
23 Jan 2026
How “buzzer politics” is reshaping Indonesia’s democracy
In Southeast Asia, democracy has gone digital, with online influencers and propaganda teams shaping the narratives. -
22 Jan 2026
Heated Rivalry: Canada's soft power flex
A hit Canadian TV series showcases everything that’s right about cultural confidence. -
22 Jan 2026
Japan’s net zero bet needs an Australian hedge
Australia can offer Japan what it desperately needs to realise its energy ambitions. -
22 Jan 2026
The truth about Arctic "strategic competition"
The region is far less important, and less contested, than commonly claimed. -
22 Jan 2026
The sidelining of human capital in Western industrial policy
American high school seniors can’t pass algebra. Meanwhile, China dominates the tech sector with homegrown knowledge capital. -
21 Jan 2026
Russia-Ukraine war: Lost amid the distractions
US policy shifts have inadvertently advanced Moscow’s strategic goal, leaving allies to deal with the fallout. -
21 Jan 2026
"A rupture, not a transition": Carney's new order
"When the rules no longer protect you, you must protect yourself." -
21 Jan 2026
Trump has swapped “productive hypocrisy” for crude exercises of power
Washington hasn’t changed its behaviour towards allies and adversaries – only its honesty about it. -
20 Jan 2026
The international community is failing the Iranian people
As the world dithers, Iranians suffer. -
20 Jan 2026
A rearview mirror on America’s year of foreign aid cuts
The ripple effects of global USAID cuts will be generational – and everyone will lose. -
20 Jan 2026
Keeping Australian Defence contestability independent
Forthcoming Defence reforms must avoid returning to the mistakes of the past. -
20 Jan 2026
Timor-Leste’s governance dilemma: Fear, accountability, and risk
The newest member of ASEAN needs to bolster ethical leadership and institutional integrity for its future generations. -
19 Jan 2026
What the Grok bans in Southeast Asia tell us about AI governance
Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines are setting the pace on global AI governance norms. -
19 Jan 2026
Peace the Asian way?: China’s role in the Thailand-Cambodia conflict
The contrast between American and Chinese approaches to the border dispute is stark. -
19 Jan 2026
Cricket: Has India’s soft power tool become a strategic liability?
Bangladesh will find other neighbourhood allegiances if New Delhi persists with its cricket coercion. -
19 Jan 2026
Yes, Vietnam really is winning the trade wars
Higher exports are delivering real gains, alongside rerouted Chinese production. -
19 Jan 2026
The decline of sanctions
A once useful policy instrument is being undermined by evasion and a crisis of legitimacy -
16 Jan 2026
How Western unity on Taliban Afghanistan is quietly fracturing
The closure of the former republic’s embassy in Japan shows allied democracies’ slow creep towards diplomatic fatigue. -
16 Jan 2026
Foreign investment screening could have saved chipmaker Nexperia: What are the lessons for Australia?
Investment approvals are hard to unwind – preserving sovereign decision-space is essential. -
15 Jan 2026
Indonesia's gamble on mega merger of ride-hailing firms
The government's golden share in a Southeast Asian superapp would set a dangerous precedent for state power. -
15 Jan 2026
The rise of coercive Islamist mobilisation in Bangladesh
A loosely organised religious movement presents the country with challenges to its transition that go well beyond elections. -
15 Jan 2026
Greenland, NATO and the ghost of Henry Kissinger
The Greenland dispute threatens to revive a question NATO prefers to avoid. -
15 Jan 2026
Tariffs: Why Oxford students are more protectionist than their professors
A classroom discussion reveals just how far the economic consensus has shifted. -
14 Jan 2026
War ready: The human limits of strategy
During crises, timelines can be compressed to minutes, and logistics undone by the simple biology of human fatigue. -
14 Jan 2026
Stranded and uninvestable: Venezuela’s oil prospects
The economics don’t stack up for American oil companies, but the Trump administration is trying to change the terms of the geoeconomic game. -
14 Jan 2026
When the war is over: The limits of civilian storytelling
A new TV series reinforces the sentimental way Australia represents wars and military service. -
14 Jan 2026
The Fed digs in its heels
Jay Powell has demonstrated that he is no pushover, and that central bank independence remains. -
13 Jan 2026
The green mirage: China’s clean tech built on coal
Beijing’s green credentials rely on fossil fuel. The West prefers not to notice. -
13 Jan 2026
Bangladesh elections will be a test of democracy
Violence and tensions mark the run-up to the first free elections since Hasina’s ouster. -
13 Jan 2026
Myanmar's election is a test ASEAN cannot afford to fail
Myanmar's military seeks legitimacy through managed elections. The Philippines must decide how ASEAN will respond. -
13 Jan 2026
Europe is grappling with its identity as well as Russian aggression
War and democratic backsliding are threatening core EU tenets, with a fight for its future on the cards.