If Trump can’t get a handle on Washington’s politics – not least the requirement to work with Congress – US foreign policy will suffer.

Italy's new Zampa law, South Sudan refugee count and US sanctuary cities square up for a fight with the Trump administration.

How a preschool scandal could curtail Shinzo Abe's ambitions.

The division of responsibility between immigration and employment departments may generate discrepancies.

Determining the facts in operational incidents takes military experience and time.

Storm activity in the Pacific, Australia rebuffs PNG on aid request, drone deliveries and more.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is right to focus attention on the southern Philippines, even if the likelihood of a ‘caliphate’ emerging on Australia’s doorstep is low.

China's message for an international audience is that it now dominates the region and all should behave accordingly.

Turkey's president Recep Erdogan wants to position the EU as the new (imagined) enemy of the nation

Some states are likely to be cast in the role as perpetual host, while others can basically buy their way out by being a distant supporter.

The more heavily populated areas are either under Syrian government or Islamist opposition control who won't be parties to ceasefires that aren't to their advantage.

There are other, more reliable ways of signalling US commitment to the region.

The drastic infrastructure deficiency can be viewed as an opportunity.

Is it more effective to appeal to the national interest or to ethics when discussing aid with the public?

Social media networks have long abrogated their responsibilities on content control, and governments have started to notice.

Forcibly returning unwanted migrants is not only intuitively unpleasant, it is also one of the most difficult areas in the immigration policies of liberal states.

China’s policy circles view Australia’s situation with a degree of realist scepticism.

The 2017 presidential election is already the biggest political rollercoaster since the birth of the Fifth Republic in 1958.

Why Japan and Taiwan should strengthen ties, what Merkel can offer Trump, the role of values in Australian foreign policy and more.

The London attack represents a continuation of existing trends; it does not mark a significant change in the current UK threat picture.

China is terrified of what could happen to its central goal of CCP legitimacy in the case of ‘imperial overreach’.

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

A lightly edited transcript of an email exchange between Professor Hugh White, author of 'The China Choice: Why America Should Share Power', and Lowy Institute Senior Fellow Sam Roggeveen.

Three major recent developments appear to indicate that the EU, at long last, is on the up again.

Australia's refugee commitment, Trump's immigration executive orders, human rights work in Sudan and more.

US sides with EU against China in trade dispute; is China's one belt one road all it seems; and why it's good to work for an exporter, particularly a constant one.

By showing it is possible to succeed in Afghanistan, Omaid Bahar is an important example for would-be entrepreneurs.

Australia’s argument that the proposed treaty would be ineffective is simply a cover for its true – and rarely stated – reason for opposing the ban.

The spectre of American retrenchment creates incentives for potentially exposed weaker states to increase their collaboration on regional security.

China wants to use the visit to try and clear up a few 'misunderstandings' with Australia.

The latest news, research and commentary from around the region.

The central government has ridden roughshod over local wishes about the name of a new bridge in a parliamentary vote.

The threat to pre-empt and target Pakistan nuclear weapons is a false promise, and one that is fraught with serious risks.

Perhaps the Fed has up its sleeve a supplementary way of tightening, in the form of unwinding quantitative easing.

Li is highly likely to have a successful and lauded trip that presents China as a reliable trading partner with exciting investment opportunities.

Anyone who thinks that Tillerson’s quiet deal-making style signals a new kind of appeasement towards Beijing simply isn’t paying attention.

It seems participation in the resistance to the Indonesia occupation remains the cornerstone of political legitimacy in Timor-Leste

Values play a proportionately larger part in the conceptualisation and practice of Australian foreign policy than is the case in most other Western democracies

As wind and solar deployment continues, we are going to see an increasing amount of battery storage deployed to secure supply and balance the grid.

The aid implications of Trump's budget, in defence of British aid spending, Indonesia moving away from being an aid recipient, and more.

Julie Bishop’s call for a US strengthening of the liberal order indicates a worrying staleness about policy thinking in Canberra.

Merkel and Trump may be contrasting personalities, but this is not necessarily a handicap to a functional, pragmatic relationship.

What Moon Jae-in would mean for the region, the Russian Revolution 100 years on, Australia-Vietnam relations and more.

The lack of certainty about future access to water is deeply troubling for those who have resided in the area for generations.

The latest election results strengthen Modi’s hold on political power in India, but we can expect a lot more of the same in his approach to international affairs: some risk-taking, more energy, greater clarity, and a dash of showmanship.

It is time for Australia to pick up some of the slack regionally as the Trump Administration pursues an America First policy. The time is right to advance bilateral relations to a strategic partnership level.

The EU should use the tools at its disposal to find short-term fixes to the crisis; a Turkey-style deal is clearly not that.

The Cybercrime Act has had and will have major ramifications for the role the internet plays in Papua New Guinean society.

Syrian refugees opening for business in Turkey, the impact of the EU-Turkey deal on asylum seekers, teachers using mobile phones as education tools in refugee camps and more.