Intelligence organisations cannot assume their job is done once a report is delivered but should instead seek to add value through expertise, focus, and access.
Deceptive appearances in UK politics, why Putin needs to change tack to ward off Russian dissent, and how Li Keqiang's visit went down with the Chinese media.
The skills these individuals pick up in Western countries help to plug gaps created by well-known shortcomings in China’s education system and corporate culture.
Even if the C919 is a flop on the foreign market, don't count on China to give up. There is already work being done on a China-Russia joint venture to build an even larger jet in the Boeing 777 class.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Values play a proportionately larger part in the conceptualisation and practice of Australian foreign policy than is the case in most other Western democracies