President Trump and his nominee to head the EPA face fierce opposition, both from within the EPA and from environmental groups skilled in the activist tactic of 'lawfare'.
With no suitable lead agency and rising opposition, it is far from clear when and how Duterte's war on drugs can either start again or end successfully.
This week's links cover a range of health, aid and development issues, including the impact of reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule by US President Donald Trump and efforts to plug the subsequent funding gap.
If immigration policy is now about winning domestic political points - to the exclusion of all else - we can expect much more unnecessary human suffering.
US President Donald Trump's infamous temperament visited itself upon Australia this week in the form of a reportedly terse phone call with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Denmark’s recently announced plans to appoint a Digital Ambassador appear to be a world first. Does Australia need a similar Ambassadorial posting to liaise with the world’s digital and tech giants?
Euan Graham and Kim Woo-sang discuss the status of Australia and South Korea as middle powers in the Asia-Pacific, and the immediate challenges facing the region
In an environment of such unpredictability, it is more important than ever that our leaders hold fast to a sense of what ultimately matters to Australia.
This weeks links examine the regional reverberations of President Trump's executive orders on immigration and NGO funding, the IMF report on the PNG economy the PNG government wanted delayed, and an award-winning Solomon Islands filmmaker.