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  • 22 Jul 2024
    • Japan
    • South Korea
    • United States

    Japan, South Korea and United States: Let’s hope for a robust, lasting pact

    Jane Hardy
    The new framework for security cooperation will have important consequences for the region – if it survives domestic politics among the partners.
  • 17 Jul 2024
    • Asia
    • United States

    Has Biden “checkmated” China?

    Susannah Patton
    The President is rightly proud of having bolstered US alliances. But claims of beating China are overreach.
  • 15 Jul 2024
    • United States
    • US Elections

    Trump attack will bolster his dark vision of America

    Lydia Khalil
    For a candidate that has themselves incited violence while playing the victim, Trump now clearly is the victim.
  • 14 Jul 2024
    • United States

    Immediate questions after the attack on Trump

    Daniel Flitton
    Fairly or not, blame for political violence will now be levelled by both sides.
  • 12 Jul 2024
    • United States

    Is Biden time out of time?

    Ben Bland
    The president is trying to run down the clock on critics, only the fate of US power looms as a question in the American capital, too.
  • 10 Jul 2024
    • United States
    • US Elections

    Why Democrats suddenly have “buyer’s remorse” with Biden

    Victoria Cooper
    The public can see Biden’s weaknesses, making his strategy-in-contrast far less persuasive this time around.
  • 9 Jul 2024
    • United States
    • US Elections

    Biden’s candidacy was risky before the debate – and Democrats chose him anyway

    Erin Hurley
    And it will be no small thing to override a sense of personal loyalty and deep affection to give up on a friend.
  • 2 Jul 2024
    • Japan
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • United States

    Putin goes to Pyongyang: Should we be worried?

    Jane Hardy
    The renewed marriage of convenience between Russia and North Korea has global implications.
  • 28 Jun 2024
    • United States

    So, Trump took out the debate. What if Biden wins the election?

    Daniel Flitton
    What Trump says amounts to an imagined future, whereas Biden’s comments determine policy in the here and now.
  • 28 Jun 2024
    • United States

    A tale of high stakes and nerves centre on the White House

    Ben Scott
    Getting the balance right in the amount of information to provide the US President.
  • 27 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • Intelligence and security
    • Diplomacy
    • United Kingdom
    • United States

    Julian Assange: Some consular cases are more equal than others

    Ian Kemish
    It’s hard to think of a case that has consumed more official hours and dollars.
  • 27 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • Intelligence and security
    • United States

    Assange’s guilty plea “crucial” for many in US intelligence community: James Clapper, former DNI

    James Clapper
    Justice has been served and an irritant in US relations with Australia resolved.
  • 25 Jun 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • United States

    America’s about–face on Assange allows Albanese to claim a win

    Daniel Flitton
    Managing different interests between allies isn’t easy.
  • 25 Jun 2024
    • China
    • European Union
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • Technology
    • United States

    Tariffs, data security and global collaboration: Navigating the geopolitics of electric vehicles

    Marina Yue Zhang
    Protectionism isn’t going to help with meeting global climate ambitions.
  • 25 Jun 2024
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    Ten reasons why Trump will support AUKUS

    Peter Dean
    AUKUS will survive regardless of who wins the presidential election in November.
  • 21 Jun 2024
    • United States
    • US Elections

    Dictator on Day One? Trump’s grand plans for the federal bureaucracy

    Samuel Garrett
    The aim to gut the US civil service and install political appointees could happen. But not overnight.
  • 14 Jun 2024
    • Diplomacy
    • United States

    Back to the future for the US State Department?

    Alice Nason , Tom Corben
    Biden’s repair job after Trump turmoil is far from complete.
  • 7 Jun 2024
    • Australia
    • United States

    Malcolm Turnbull makes a call to global leaders with advice on Trump

    Daniel Flitton
    Memories of an infamous falling-out have a former PM offering lessons.
  • 5 Jun 2024
    • China
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Public Opinion
    • United States

    The China alibi

    Jenny Gordon
    A geopolitical contest between the United States and China should not stop Australians assessing their own economic interests.
  • 31 May 2024
    • United States

    Joe Biden should pardon Donald Trump

    Daniel Flitton
    The bad dream is nowhere near ending.
  • 24 May 2024
    • India
    • Japan
    • Philippines
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Quad
    • United States

    The “Squad” is a welcome spin-off, but the Quad is the main game

    Rahul Mishra
    India might not perfectly align with its partners in the minilateral group but its Indo-Pacific heft is much greater than that of the Philippines.
  • 22 May 2024
    • Australia
    • Antarctica
    • United States

    Biden’s new Antarctic statement holds lessons for Australia

    Tony Press
    Different views of sovereignty on the continent shouldn’t obscure the many shared goals.
  • 21 May 2024
    • China
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Free Trade
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • United States

    Whether EVs or solar panels, protectionism has the same distorting effect

    John Edwards
    Biden is playing election politics with tariffs on China’s electric cars, while Albanese’s solar subsidy plans might end up costing Australia.
  • 20 May 2024
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • United States

    The macroeconomic limit of American exceptionalism

    Jenny Gordon
    There are hard rules to the forces driving the current account deficit, no matter how it is calculated.
  • 9 May 2024
    • India
    • United States

    In the story of an assassination plot, India decides to shoot the messenger

    Daniel Flitton
    Getting to the source of information can leave reporters open to criticism.
  • 9 May 2024
    • India
    • Japan
    • Philippines
    • South China Sea
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Quad
    • United States

    “Squad” goals: Consolidating the new quadrilateral partnership

    Richard Javad Heydarian
    With China flexing its muscle in the South China Sea, a revised grouping that includes the Philippines strikes a new balance.
  • 24 Apr 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    FONOPs send a message – but they don’t speak for themselves

    Kim Heriot-Darragh
    Making the case for rules can dispel a common misunderstanding that promoting freedom on the seas is about power.
  • 17 Apr 2024
    • United States
    • Review

    Telling tales about “Civil War”

    Sam Roggeveen
    Politics isn’t the only strange omission from what is undoubtedly a captivating and relentless movie spectacle.
  • 17 Apr 2024
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    Why China remains unlikely to invade Taiwan

    Denny Roy
    Xi Jinping didn't reach the top of Chinese politics by gambling.
  • 15 Apr 2024
    • South Korea
    • Australia
    • United States

    Is South Korea’s Indo‑Pacific Strategy a diplomatic lame duck?

    Jeffrey Robertson
    After President Yoon’s election defeat, a change in foreign policy is unlikely, but momentum will vanish.
  • 8 Apr 2024
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Defence & Security
    • The Biden Presidency
    • The Trump Presidency
    • United States
    • US Elections

    Beyond Biden vs Trump: The other US elections that matter

    Raymond La Raja
    In US foreign policy, the Congress can pack a punch against the president, and that reverberates all the way to Australia.
  • 5 Apr 2024
    • China
    • China's Military
    • Philippines
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Maritime Security
    • United States
    • US Navy

    What should Australia be doing about the South China Sea?

    Susannah Patton
    While Australia’s interests are clear, its contribution is ambiguous.
  • 2 Apr 2024
    • China
    • Japan
    • Philippines
    • Maritime Security
    • United States

    A wave of US trilaterals sends a clear message to China

    Richard Javad Heydarian
    Revamped security groupings led by Washington, including with Manila and Tokyo, are the new normal.
  • 28 Mar 2024
    • China
    • United States

    Are Beijing and Washington testing the dark forest hypothesis?

    Jersey Lee
    A TV spin-off may explain why China and the US have chosen not to shoot first and ask questions later.
  • 27 Mar 2024
    • China
    • Europe
    • Technology
    • United States

    China and the great global AI governance divide

    Benjamin Herscovitch
    Beijing already has at its disposal multiple means to shape how the world approaches this technological revolution.
  • 21 Mar 2024
    • Australia
    • United States

    Don’t be timid about Trump, Australia, just roll with the punches

    Daniel Flitton
    Where is our national self-confidence?
  • 19 Mar 2024
    • Australia
    • New Zealand
    • United States

    Some allies are more equal than others

    Daniel Flitton
    Trying to make sense of the curious debate about allies' rankings.
  • 18 Mar 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • European Union
    • Türkiye
    • United States

    The ripple effects of NATO expansion

    William Gourlay
    Türkiye’s approval of Sweden’s entry into the treaty alliance has led to improved US–Turkish relations.
  • 6 Mar 2024
    • China
    • Japan
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • Russia
    • United States

    A summit between Japan and North Korea? About time

    Khang Vu
    With Kim Jong-un extending an olive branch to Tokyo, high-level talks may be on the cards, but roadblocks remain.
  • 6 Mar 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • United States

    Grand strategising: The view from outside

    Mark Beeson , Van Jackson
    It is entirely possible that the US may soon install a very different policy elite with very different ideas about domestic and foreign policy.
  • 5 Mar 2024
    • China
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • United States

    From confrontation to collaboration: Working together on critical minerals supply chains

    Marina Yue Zhang , Xunpeng (Roc) Shi
    A global energy transition will rely not on decoupling but uniting for a diversified and sustainable future.
  • 29 Feb 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Review

    When war-planning and politics collide

    Erin Hurley
    The rhythms of the electoral cycle are too often overlooked in the conduct of conflict.
  • 28 Feb 2024
    • China
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • Russia
    • United Nations
    • United States

    Can South Korea become a global pivotal state?

    Gabriela Bernal
    With non-permanent member status on the UN Security Council, Seoul has a long list of goals to help make its mark.
  • 27 Feb 2024
    • Australia
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security
    • United Kingdom
    • United States

    AUKUS is a Trump-style deal

    Patrick Triglavcanin
    He rebels against the language of a “rules-based order” but he is happy to talk business.
  • 27 Feb 2024
    • Japan
    • Pacific Islands
    • United States

    Japan and the United States should pool efforts to improve health in Pacific Island countries

    Eileen Natuzzi , Rieko Hayakawa
    A coordinated “health as diplomacy” partnership could mobilise the Quad, PBP, and other multinational partnerships to do the same.
  • 21 Feb 2024
    • China
    • North Korea
    • Russia
    • United States

    Open for business: North Korea welcomes back visitors

    Khang Vu
    Kim Jong-un has been on a charm offensive to rekindle trade and tourism links with friendly neighbours.
  • 16 Feb 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Russia
    • United States
    • Space exploration

    Is there really a nuclear weapon in space?

    Cassandra Steer
    Calm down, Congressman.
  • 12 Feb 2024
    • United States

    Could a Taylor Swift endorsement of Joe Biden actually serve Donald Trump’s campaign?

    Daniel Flitton
    Forgive me a little tabloid speculation.
  • 9 Feb 2024
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australia's Economy
    • Energy
    • United States

    Middle East turmoil and a US pause offer Australia LNG opportunities

    Ian Satchwell
    On the way to net-zero, there is a chance to help bolster Asia’s regional energy security.
  • 5 Feb 2024
    • Pakistan
    • United States

    Pakistan elections: Conspiracy theories, plots, and sidelines

    Syed Fazl-e-Haider
    A decades-long jail sentence is only one of former PM Imran Khan’s woes as Pakistanis head to the polls this week.
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