Confidence in world leaders. Only 21% of Australians say they trust Donald Trump to do the right thing regarding world affairs, the lowest level of confidence in any US president ...

When asked about supply chains, 68% of Australians say they would prefer supply chains to ‘run through countries that are ...

Australians register historic levels of distrust and unease in 2026 Charles Lyons-Jones ...

An assessment of the size and shape of the PLA's growing capabilities in the Indo-Pacific. Special-operation soldiers aboard the missile frigate Yueyang, a Type 054A (Jiangkai-II class) multi-role ...

In years gone by, New Delhi has sent some of its brightest diplomats as envoys to Dhaka. This is generally considered a norm for the neighbourhood, a signal about the importance of ties. Old habits of ...

Afghanistan is giving away its mineral wealth. Through a pattern of deals that export value at the point of extraction, the country is surrendering control over what could – and should – be its ...

From its peak during the 1960s through 1980s, the Japanese shipbuilding industry’s global market share has fallen precipitously – eroded by competition from neighbours South Korea and China. However, ...

After nearly three years of fighting, Sudan’s war is no longer an internal conflict. Fuelled by several intertwined factors – including regional rivalries, Gulf ambitions as well as great-power ...

Stephen E. Biegun is the 2026 Rothschild & Co Distinguished International Fellow at the Lowy Institute and former Deputy Secretary of State of the United States. He is a recognised expert on the ...

Australia is not on the list of countries calling for a moratorium on DSM. These ill-defined impacts of DSM on the Pacific’s greatest shared resource – the ocean – are why Palau, Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa, ...

The UN’s regular budget has been reduced from an estimated US$3.72 billion in 2025 to $3.45 billion in 2026, a cut that underscores the scale of the organisation’s current liquidity crisis. The ...

The sovereign citizen movement has spread from the United States to more than 26 countries globally. Covid restrictions and digital networks accelerated its growth and created dangerous intersections ...