Among the arguments that the Trump administration has put forward for its review of its foreign aid programs – including very large funding cuts and the dismantling of its principal international ...

President Donald Trump has massively increased US tariffs and upended the world trading system. As of 5 April, the United States will impose an across-the-board baseline tariff of 10%, and from 9 ...

This month, member countries to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the United Nations body responsible for regulating international shipping, will negotiate on a long-awaited plan to ...

This past week, I was invited to brief the US Congressional staffers on US counterterrorism policy. My message was simple, that after 24 years and $8 trillion spent, the US counterterrorism apparatus ...

Asked about potential cooperation with China, Donald Trump declared: “China and the United States can together solve all of the problems of the world, if you think about it.” He wants Xi Jinping to ...

China’s People’s Liberation Army this week deployed the aircraft carrier Shandong alongside 19 warships in military exercises encircling Taiwan. Initially conducted without an official codename – a ...

In a world where AI is rapidly reshaping sectors from healthcare and clean energy to manufacturing and defence, it was puzzling to note the absence of new funding for AI development or digital ...

Southeast Asia bears one of the world’s highest burdens of tobacco-related illnesses and economic losses. While eight countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have reported a decline in ...

Governments worldwide are scrambling to make sense of a volatile new world where the only certainty is uncertainty. And Australia is no exception. Last week’s federal budget brought forward defence ...

Disasters of all kinds have been commonplace in Myanmar, the country reeling from one crisis after another, whether environmental or political. A brief decade of relative freedom and economic growth ...

If you are holding out for a hero, Bonnie Tyler advises that “he’s gotta be strong and he’s gotta be fast/And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight”. The Welsh songbird first offered that counsel 42 ...

This is a lightly edited transcript of remarks delivered at the Sovereignty and Security Forum, held at the National Press Club in Canberra on 31 March. The event was convened and chaired by Australia ...