The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — the deal curtailing Iran’s nuclear activities — has been under strain since the US unilaterally decided to withdraw in May last year.

Taiwan legalises same-sex marriage but compromises on marriage equality.

US-China trade relations have stalled over the last four months, which the Australian Political Military community understand as marking the end of open trade globally. They could do better.

The Trump administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the United States census will have major implications for the distribution of political power in 2020s America.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has called a snap election after his coalition partner, Heinz-Christian Strache, was caught offering favours to Russian oligarchs in exchange for political funding.

The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties opened for signature fifty years ago this week. During the negotiations, delegates debated whether colonialism could be considered alongside aggression and genocide as grounds for the invalidation of treaties.

The Dyason House podcast returns for a third season with special guests Professor Jacqui True and Associate Professor Katrina Lee-Koo from the Monash Centre for Gender Peace and Security.

In Thai Military Power: A Culture of Strategic Accommodation, Greg Raymond outlines the historical context and strategic thinking behind Thailand’s diplomatic and military posture.

In the international arena, states can better further their interests by utilising the gentle coercion of diplomacy and acting cooperatively through multilateral oganisations.

Australia is using international education programs as public diplomacy to increase their influence and promote policy agendas. Yet determining the impact of public diplomacy through the New Colombo Plan and Australian studies centres is a challenge.