Economic diplomacy: Hanging on in ASEAN
Australia faces growing competition for influence among its old friends in Southeast Asia as China’s power rises.
The Translator: “ASEAN Centrality”
A new series in which experts explain the sometimes baffling jargon of international affairs.
Did Russia's security agencies take their eye off the ball?
Russia's definition of public security has become conflated with regime security.
How the Myanmar regime is surviving
Despite some major wins by insurgent groups, the junta remains strong due to its control of arms and air power.
If industrial policy is the new candy house, developing countries need to gain more than just the bread crumbs
Local efforts to reshape national economies must account for the international implications.
Why Russia has only now declared war on Ukraine
A game of semantic camouflage allows the Kremlin to reposition itself onto a war footing.
Australia’s Southeast Asia trade stumbling block
Canberra must move fast on a formal information-sharing facility to reach its regional economic and foreign policy goals.
A wave of US trilaterals sends a clear message to China
Revamped security groupings led by Washington, including with Manila and Tokyo, are the new normal.
Myanmar: The junta’s forced conscription of Rohingyas
The implications of this cynical act for people already oppressed could reverberate for neighbouring Bangladesh and across the region.