Which countries host the most refugees, who is considered a ‘genuine refugee’ under Australian law, and more.

We need to look afresh at Australia’s priorities in international engagement and consider how these should be resourced.

The viability of a relatively moderate and pro-Western state should be a matter of importance to anyone with an interest in the future of the Middle East.

Extreme poverty and terrorism in one part of the world now has a clear impact on other regions.

News, analysis and research from around the region.

As an indicator of the RSAF’s interest in trying out the concept, a pair of F-15SGs were at Ohakea this week for New Zealand’s air tattoo.

The most difficult aspect of the Raqqa operation is not the seizure of the city but the post-seizure governance.

The arrival of two F-35 Joint Strike Fighters this week marks the first time Australia's own fifth-generation fighter aircraft have flown over Australian skies.

America is transitioning from an indispensable nation, the guarantor of the global rules-based order, to a normal great power.

Will the Philippine Liberal Party now stand up for Leila de Lima and act as an opposition party?

Stealth, super cruise, integrated avionics and super maneuverability allow USAF pilots to perform at a level that other platforms just can't meet.

Every time we engage with North Korea we reinforce its existence as a real state rather than the Orwellian, mafioso fiefdom it actually is.

A year ago, the country seemed to be ticking along quite nicely. But now things are falling apart.

From an Australian perspective the measures that flow from the US President's 25 January executive order are neither novel nor remarkable.

We cannot create greater prosperity and security for Australia if we pursue a set of narrowly defined interests using a piecemeal strategy.

Yesterday afternoon Euan Graham spoke with prominent Japanese Sinologist Seiichiro Takagi.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has accomplished what no other foreign leaders has with US President Donald Trump.

A successful UBI program in a Kenyan village will not provide insights relevant to the challenge posed by fast-changing technology in advanced economies.

The IEA treaty needs to be amended to allow large energy consumers, such as Brazil, Russia, India and China, to become full members.

The idea of a ‘grand bargain’ between the US and Russia has evaporated in recent weeks.

There is a real risk that the arms control achievements of the past will start to come undone.

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The continuing focus on China has taken attention away from the excessive claims and passage restrictions by Southeast Asian coastal states.

If Australia wants to have a seat at the table in economic institutions in Asia, it will be have to take on a proper level of burden-sharing.

The state of Australia relations with the US, Indonesia and Israel, voters in PNG, Zuckerberg's manifesto, and more.

Euan Graham spoke with David Skalicky, a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force who is currently operating the F-22 out of RAAF Base Tindal.

The topics likely to be covered in bilateral talks reflect Jokowi's domestic-first agenda.

Colombo recognises that great power-small power relations are, in some ways, returning to the situation during the Cold War when small states could always turn to the other bloc.

Links on the growing collection of international actors using and manipulating cyberspace to fulfil international ambitions and shape global developments.

It is possible to sketch what’s happening in Asia and what it means for Australia in terms which are not as scary politically or diplomatically as our ministers seem to assume. Here is a modest drafting suggestion.

The big worry for Canada has been Trump’s economic nationalism: 20% of Canada’s GDP comes from US exports.

Major change is underway in the region and has been for some time.

The latest news and analysis from around the globe.

Turnbull and Jokowi differ in their understanding of the risks that Chinese assertiveness poses.

Thailand's plan to make up for a decade of lost development.

Alliance critics need to offer realistic alternatives; alliance advocates need a realistic plan for helping the alliance adjust to difficult times ahead.

Other ADB members make room for China and India to have a larger shareholding and say.

The US needs to engage with, and make reasonable space for, China.

This week's news from around the Pacific.

Australia can do better than this. Now is not the time to be retreating into wilful sentimentality.

Modi’s success is predictable in part because he exemplifies sound social media public diplomacy.

Perhaps the most important task is to get a sense of who will prevail in the contest for foreign and defence policy influence in the Trump administration.

Beijing appears either unwilling or unable to perceive that its hard line in Xinjiang is providing fertile conditions for the extremism it so fears.

Last week Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a 6000-word manifesto on how Facebook aims to change the way civic society operates around the world.

A recognition of Palestine by Australia would therefore be due less to adroit Palestinian advocacy and more a result of failed Israeli diplomacy.

PNG voters have plenty of reasons to be displeased with the O'Neill government.

Managing the tension between the interests of our major strategic partner - the US - and our primary economic partner - China - has to be at the very heart of Australian foreign policy.

While its neighbours in Southeast Asia have become increasingly autocratic, Indonesia continues to quietly consolidate its democratic institutions.

The latest news, research and analysis from around the world.

US-led coalition strikes on al-Qaeda affiliated groups seem to have increased since the latest in-fighting occurred.