In the new bipolar world, Australia is stepping up to America’s benefit. It’s time for the United States to also, with a new treaty that elevates Australia to NATO standard and all that follows. In ...

But for Apple, the problem isn’t only the size of the investment but a misreading of Indonesia’s agenda. It’s about aligning with the regulatory landscape and the broader economic goals that the ...

Dr Benjamin Herscovitch at ANU and the Lowy Institute’s Hervé Lemahieu discuss the growing global support for China’s efforts to bring Taiwan under its control, potentially via the use of force. As ...

With all eyes on US President Trump over the past month, the world’s second superpower quietly slipped from global headlines. Until this week, when China’s DeepSeek unveiled its artificial ...

Growing up in India, it was most common to hear the word “population” juxtaposed with “explosion”, like a frightful bomb that would go off in our faces. The first known use of the term “population ...

There is little comfort for Australia in President Donald Trump’s early trade policy moves. His tariff threats against friend and foe have intensified. And an array of separate tariffs and other trade ...

It’s the near-miss that has shocked Brussels into action. Drifting helplessly in the Baltic Sea with 100,000 tonnes of oil in its holds, the Panama-flagged tanker Eventin was a floating environmental ...

Some years ago, I found myself taking minutes for a meeting between a senior Papua New Guinean government official, an Australian ex-government-official-turned consultant (my boss), and a diplomat ...

First Nations peoples were Australia’s original diplomats and traders. In recent years, the Australian government has sought to embed First Nations perspectives, experiences and interests into ...