If there is one thing Canberra has learned from the Strait of Hormuz crisis, it is how vulnerable Australia remains and how dependent it is on the world’s maritime chokepoints. Closer to home, ...

That the world is becoming more contested and dangerous has become a familiar refrain. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal noted that even small countries like New Zealand are responding with ...

China and Russia this week vetoed a UN Security Council Resolution on the Strait of Hormuz crisis, which began when Iran closed the Strait in response to US and Israeli attacks almost six weeks ago.

On 25 March, India’s cabinet approved the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the period 2031 to 2035, with the objective of reducing emissions intensity by 47% from 2005 levels and ...

Beijing appears to be returning to a familiar Taiwan playbook: selective engagement with political forces on the island. The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) chairperson Cheng Li-wun’s current visit to ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly being integrated into international asylum procedures, with early trials promising faster processing, reduced backlogs and more uniform outputs. These ...

Dr Rodger Shanahan is a former Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute. A former army officer, he had extensive service within the Parachute Battalion Group (PBG) and has had operational service with ...

As it stands, South Africa will not attend the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) Leaders’ Summit in June, despite earlier indications that it had been invited by host nation France. South African officials ...

The BRICS grouping is nowhere to be found while the Iran conflict shows few signs of abating. Although Iran joined BRICS in 2024 and rising powers founded BRICS as part of an effort to push back ...

While the world focuses on the US-Israel and Iran conflict, a deliberate catastrophe is reaching a breaking point in the Caribbean, just 145 kilometres from Florida. Cuba is no longer merely a victim ...

Japan has been Indonesia’s largest aid donor for decades. Tokyo has built Jakarta’s MRT system, financed Patimban port and invested $3.1 billion annually in the Indonesian economy. Yet Japan waited ...

Throughout the war, Ukraine has relied on technology to offset Russia’s greater numbers in personnel and materiel. Aerial drones became the backbone of that effort, helping blunt assaults, guide ...