In the past fortnight, multi-party parliamentary delegations from India and Pakistan have stopped in London as part of a world tour. Having had the opportunity to interact with both delegations, one ...

In the past four months, the Trump administration has published more than 130 executive orders. Three categories of emerging policy – maritime strategy, energy, and critical minerals – are likely to ...

The threshold requirement for any ally, no matter how humble, is not to appear weak. Every politician everywhere recognises that acquiring a reputation for weakness is synonymous with being handed the ...

Despite the interchangeable use of the words, Australia’s development program is not just about aid. Short of an ODA increase, the question becomes one of allocations and trade-offs – and ...

France’s careful balancing act – at times criticised for its ambiguity – is largely welcomed in the region. Macron combines frank criticism of China with a commitment to dialogue. In May, China’s ...

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto campaigned on a promise of continuity and better economic performance. Is Prabowo living up to his campaign promises or taking the country in a new direction? The ...

Lee’s remarks during the campaign reveal a worldview where foreign policy is guided less by doctrine or alliance norms, and more by transactional benefit. When asked how South Korea would respond to a ...

In 2017, Trump did not expect to win and was not ready to govern when he beat Hillary Clinton in the election. As a newly elected leader with no experience in government, personal relationships and ...

More than four years after the coup in Myanmar, ASEAN’s struggle to address the crisis has not only exposed institutional deadlock but also catalysed a decentralisation of regional diplomacy. While ...

But the relative stability of the camps may now be drawing to an end. The last couple of years has seen an uptick in Rohingya refugee flows out of Bangladesh, and the number is expected to increase ...

Australia’s democratic stability makes it a welcome outlier as the state of global democracy has grown more discouraging with each passing year. The past two and a half decades have been marked by a ...

The dispute flared up most recently between 2008 and 2011, when Cambodia applied to list the temple on the UNESCO World Heritage register. This poured fuel on the flames of anti-government protests in ...