To Deakin, The fault line in Australia’s relations with Great Britain was apparent as early as the 1880s.

Helping to address the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar is pivotal to maintaining the credibility of India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ and ‘Act East’ policies.

Diplomats and journalists aim to speak truth to power. We are often like-minded souls.

Winston Peters, leader of New Zealand First, is the politician most likely to decide the outcome.

President Trump’s first visit to the UN General Assembly this week will indicate whether he intends to promote America’s global engagement or double down on America first.

This week's links also include warnings of a 'human catastrophe' in Myanmar and tracking progress against sustainable development goals.

As the Chinese state and its emanations extends its reach beyond its traditional powerbases in the Sino-Myanmar hills, it pays to be aware of the motif of strategic Chinese infiltration.

The IMF will remain important, particularly for dealing with deeper crises. But it risks becoming less central and an increasingly last resort.

After the failure of grand bargains in the past six years, small, interim steps could be more likely to lead to a stable Libya.

This week we continued our delightful new series on foreign correspondents to mark the imminent awarding of the annual Lowy Institute Media Award.

With this change in leadership, Timor Leste meets a key measure of democratic consolidation.

Turnbull's rhetoric fails to take into account the fact that North Korea now probably has an operational ICBM.

The atmosphere was grim and tense but a hard-man from the IRA greeted me with: 'So, you must be a fan of Neighbours?'

While the security architecture of Asia in some flux, the future of the India-Japan relationship is looking very healthy indeed.

The Asian Development Bank was once an indispensible institution and should seek to be so again.

This week's links also include discussion of a private sponsorship model for refugees and the economics of migration.

War reporters do an important job but the toll can be high – everyone I met had broken relationships and an unhealthy addiction to the adrenalin of battle.

Uncertainty in Australian federal politics has spawned narrowly-focused political interests and an anti-free trade sentiment is also manifest.

Australia’s role in Mindanao post-Marawi is a litmus test of its willingness and ability to do more in the neighbourhood to safeguard its interests.

DFAT Secretary Frances Adamson discusses her life and career and the challenges facing her department and the nation.

This weeks links also include government limbo in New Caledonia and the new host for the 2019 Pacific Games.

E-diplomacy has coarsened public diplomacy. For international leaders and their diplomats, it may be time for a screen break. 

The Rohingya crisis is a disaster for Myanmar’s planned transition from authoritarian rule to a more democratic system of government.

Nothing has emerged so far to replace a dedicated foreign correspondent with time to settle in and the financial stability to report in depth.

Almost 30 years after India and China agreed relations would not be held hostage to the territorial dispute, it remains a source of mistrust and hostility.

If Make in India can deliver an employment bonanza, Modi’s prospects in the 2019 elections could shift from strong contender to virtual shoe-in.

Terminating the talks completely would be an enormous betrayal of the many pro-European Turks who have placed great hope in the EU to curb abuses in Turkey.

While some of the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Law are taken from a global model, many recommended safeguards are absent in Myanmar.

Whether Wang Qishan remains on the Politburo Standing Committee despite his age could be an indicator of President Xi Jinping's political insecurities.

This week's links also include world league tables for development commitment and rethinking women's household power.

Quantitative easing was misunderstood from the start, and enough confusion still exists to cause over-reaction.

Future flashpoints in the border regions are almost inevitable and Bhutan may need to start making some moves or risk being pushed off the board.

Inevitably, the Suu Kyi backlash has given rise to calls that she be stripped of her Nobel Prize and other international prizes. This is a bad idea.

What are the chances of war on the Korean Peninsula, the upcoming Lowy Institute Media Award, Assad's momentum in Syria and more.

Anti-Japanese patriotism reaches deep into China's heartland, as I discovered a few years ago.

In 1978, then-Immigration and Ethnic Affairs Secretary Lou Engledow said detention wouldn't 'stop boat arrival nor will it produce in itself a final answer'.

Delhi’s political rhetoric about its dominant position in the Indian Ocean ignore the facts.

Editors don't occupy the top rung of the journalistic ladder. Foreign correspondents do.

This weeks links include the crisis in Myanmar, ongoing preparations for the global compact on migration and the end of the DACA program in the US.

An Australia-India trade deal has gone from being almost a done deal to just one of many options.

If Assad's forces are re-imposing central control while defeating Islamic State, there's not much Washington can do about it.

Trade agreements are no longer just about reducing tariffs.

Aaron Connelly speaks with Milton Osborne, one of the world's leading historians of Cambodian politics, about recent developments in the country.

This week's links include the 48th Pacific Islands Forum underway in Samoa, Tonga without a caretaker government, and a parliamentary defection in PNG.

The author asks whether Cambodia's position as the region's most corrupt state presages the fate of the region as a whole.

Robert Kelly says he doesn't know 'anyone serious who advocates air strikes'. But what is his definition of 'serious' if it excludes the US president?

Strengthened international cooperation may require one international institution taking overall responsibility for capital flow management.

If the West allows Cambodia's democracy to fall without a whimper, the contagion of despotism will be hard to contain in Southeast Asia.

I am constantly asked if war is about to break out. I often have the impression the TV hosts or producers are disappointed I am not more alarmist.

An expedient negotiated settlement with Australia was in the interests of oil-dependent Timor-Leste.