In Geneva last week, the final scheduled round of negotiations for a global treaty to end plastic pollution descended into ...

President Donald Trump’s recent executive order imposing a 50 percent tariff on Indian imports—25 percent initially, with an ...

Australia’s productivity debate is stuck on hours and wages. The bigger lever is regulatory clarity for AI—paired with a practical plan to scale adoption across the economy. This week’s Economic [...] ...

Jaishankar’s July 2025 trip to Beijing marked the first high-level India–China engagement since the 2020 Galwan Valley clash, ...

Australia’s Antarctic presence—vital for science, sovereignty, and climate security—has been overshadowed by other strategic ...

Indonesia’s growing economic alignment with BRICS partners masks a more nuanced defence strategy—one that cultivates ties ...

Burkina Faso’s interim president, Ibrahim Traoré, has reignited Pan-African consciousness with a bold anti-imperialist agenda ...

Bian Sai is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University and academic visitor at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of [...] ...

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese in Queenstown for 2025 Australia–New Zealand Leaders’ Meetin; Australia to recognise the State of Palestine at the 80th UNGA in September; Marles, ...

Global efforts to curb plastic pollution are nearing a decisive moment, with negotiations for a binding international treaty entering their final stage. Regardless of the outcome, Australia has a ...

Pakistan’s suspension of the Simla Agreement has dismantled the legal and diplomatic constraints that once governed the Line of Control. The Indo-Pacific Cooperation Network, a program centred on a ...