Despite the US’s historic position as the regional power in Latin America, it has done surprisingly little to maintain this position in the Trump era, and particularly through the pandemic. This has created a vacuum for China to jump in and assert its influence in the region.

As the nation requires, Australia's military is stepping up to the plate to address the COVID-19 crisis. But as a small organisation designed and deployed to do a very different job, this is not a “fix.”  

With Europe at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brussels has been slow to come to the aid of member states.   The EU must cope both the the gap in funding left by the departure of the United Kingdom and with the fact that some members are far worse off than others.

After 30 years of deep-seated sectarian differences and corruption, the Lebanese took to the streets on 17 October 2019 to reject the spread of nepotism and to reclaim their rights as citizens of a state. Such unity reflects a new conception of a Lebanese identity.

The Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh are overcrowded, cramped, and unhygienic. They provide a sobering look into how the COVID-19 pandemic will hit the world’s most vulnerable.

Professor Mark Beeson discusses how the rapid spread of the coronavirus is bringing about an equally rapid transformation in domestic and international politics. The preparedness of national health systems and the responses of political leaders around the world are being thrown into sharp and often unflattering relief.

Establishing links with a sister city in a distant part of the world opens up valuable new trade opportunities. These relationships break down barriers that make initial contact with a foreign partner so difficult.

In Argentina, both sides of the political spectrum have struggled with economic stagnation and an increasing debt burden.  After a brief stint of economic liberalism, citizens  have decided Peronist Alberto Fernandez is the most suitable candidate to rescue the country from its economic woes.

Counterinsurgency has become a tool for interventions of one state to “rescue” another state from insurgency. In this book, Miles Kitts fuses two major conventional theories of counterinsurgency to create a new comprehensive approach that can inform future counterinsurgency actions.

Dr Mariam Farida is an Academic Learning and Language Facilitator and UNSW Middle East expert. Dr Farida has been awarded her PhD in Security […]

Michael Bloomberg spent nearly a billion dollars in personal wealth on an unsuccessful bid for the US presidency. While personal spending is not limited by campaign finance laws, self-funded candidates often find it difficult to win elections.