For the next few months, with the exception of the Brexit negotiations, Britain will be engaging in an act of introspection unprecedented in most of our lifetimes. The world will have to wait.
Technocratic, non-ideological leaders like Theresa May and Hillary Clinton are tempted to think you can take the politics out of politics by striving for consensus.
A US meeting with an ally that didn't lead to fireworks, diplomatic ructions in the middle East, a Belt and Road sceptic and the new space race; it was another busy week on the Interpreter.
Will the attack prompt a greater direct role by Iran against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria? Or will it prompt a response targeted at the interests of regional states?
China has tried to bypass regional strategic and ideological divides by both preserving its ties with Iran and getting closer to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel.
Multinational businesses, universities and the science community have all failed to properly explain the role skilled migrants play in their organisations today.
Sam Roggeveen’s discussion with Allan Gyngell is a reminder that the Washington Consensus means different things to different people. Let’s try to sort out the diverse interpretations.
The decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement may restrict the US from using climate security rationales to inform grand strategy and foreign policy.
The travails of our major parties are directly impacting our foreign policy. The parties are desperate for funds, which makes them vulnerable to entreaties from wealthy foreign donors.
Labour will pile up big majorities in anti-Brexit London and in university areas but will fail to pick up marginal seats required to do well, let alone win.
It was a week dominated by debates about China's rise, violence in the Philippines, and a wonderful anecdote about an Australian general and a narrowly avoided diplomatic incident in Myanmar.
In the matter of China’s growing sphere of influence, there are no easy paths. The South China Sea dispute may be newsworthy but is only a subset of a much larger fray.
Whether or not President Trump withdraws the United States from the Paris Agreement is less important than how other countries respond to his decision.
This week's column examines how the TPP 11 and RECP proposals could compete for attention ahead of Australia's summit of South East Asian leaders next year.