Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has sent an 11-strong cross-party delegation to today’s inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, urging them to interact with and thank Trump.

The story of Narendra Modi's rise to power in India sounds eerily familiar today. And at first glance, Modi and President-elect Donald Trump should be natural allies.

Battling climate change was a signature issue of President Barack Obama’s tenure, particularly during the his second term.

Communist forces defeated the US-backed side in Laos but somehow left the CIA convinced it had mastered war.

‘No’, she said, in words which many still struggle to believe, ‘the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union.’ And with that May upended more than four decades of British foreign and economic policy.

Obama leaves office enjoying unusually high approval ratings while simultaneously fearing the wholesale destruction of his legacy.

This week's links range from revelations at the World Economic Forum to legal analysis and a furore over hijabs and Australia Day.

The report was titled La guerra que viene (the upcoming war) and was accompanied by a stern-faced image of Trump.

Communicating successfully about terrorism and counter-terrorism is not easy, and inflating the capabilities of either has real-life consequences.

This week's links include PNG's schools, Rugby World Cup, regional feminism and more.

Competency in counter-terrorism is about more than arrests and attack disruptions.

More concerning than an America focussed on financial return is one erratic in its approach to the world.

Terrorist recruiters target disenchanted refugee children who see no hope for their future and who would like to escape from camps.

It is in the interest of both Chinas to prove that previous arrangements cannot be undermined by any third party.

The chief criticism is that the IMF is not a 'learning organisation'.

A communication strategy that fails to place fear-reduction at its centre ignores how a terrorist act differs from many other forms of violence.

Historians will see Obama’s mature presidency as a high point for US relations with the region.

Tillerson’s suggestion does not help the US politically in the region.

Australia and Japan are currently more united in mutual caution than shared strategic ambition for the bilateral defence relationship

Despite some increase in gender equality indicators, things are not changing fast enough in India.

With its new air bases and leading-edge air power, China now has the strategic initiative in South East Asia.

The probability of intense conflict that may involve Australia is as high as it has been since 1945, and probably higher.

It was another big week for Donald Trump on The Interpreter, and he hasn't even taken office yet.

When activism becomes an end in itself, it serves nobody. The flotilla should deliver aid to Yangon port, as Indonesia has done.

Australia will face some difficult choices in Syria with the next US administration.

A new edition of our regular feature on Asian digital trends and events.

It is in Australia’s national interest to have an economically and politically stable neighbour to our near north.

This week's links include the will he/won't he debate over whether a Trump administration will honour the Australia-US refugee agreement.

The normally restrained Reuters said Tillerson had 'set a course for a potentially serious confrontation with Beijing'. Reuters is not exaggerating

In 2015 Japan was Australia’s biggest foreign direct investor on a net basis at $14 billion, compared with $9.7 billion from the US.

We are so accustomed to hearing ministers spruik the close relationship between Indonesia and Australia, it can be easy to forget that tensions still simmer below the surface.

Internet usage within PNG, while still low, has rapidly increased and with this has come new opportunities but substantial barriers to take-up remain.

Tess Newton Cain has outlined her 2017 predictions for the Pacific region, a busy year which will bring elections in Papua New Guinea.

Pakistan's latest advance is emblematic of subtle shifts in regional power plays.

Talk of Silk Roads continue to dominate regional conversations, but diversification will be essential to realise the visions that are being advanced.

Timor Leste wants maritime boundaries that will make its oil industrialisation ambitions viable. Australia has no obligation to reach an agreement.

The Roma are an ethnic minority that migrated during the Middle Ages from India into Europe.

Both sides of the conflict understand the Western news cycle and try to use it to their advantage by providing their own version of events.

Amid increasing concerns about China and the US, Australia's relations with India have the potential to assume greater prominence.

The president-elect misses the difference between an individual firm and a national economy.

The consensus seems to be that that 2016 was terrible, but 2017 promises to be tougher.

The author responds to his critics

The US election was a dominant theme on The Interpreter in 2016.

It's been a big year for Russia.

Given the political and legal trouble in which Malaysian PM Najib Razak found himself in 2016, it is a small miracle he survived. Here's how The Interpreter tracked Najib's journey though 2016.

Amid 2016's general political upheaval was Britain's decision in June to leave the European Union.

Australia had a federal election on 2 July, and as usual The Interpreter covered every international policy angle.