There is no straightforward narrative behind recent series of events in East Germany’s state of Thuringia, which have thrown German politics into disarray.

As Australia hopefully emerges from the worst of the 2019/2020 bushfires, it is quickly becoming apparent that the tourism industry has been hit particularly hard. This has rattled Australia's international image, with local industries being gravely affected.

Russia and China have waged a decade-long campaign to dismantle the global human rights order.

Why do some nations seem to be concerned with conflicts which have since ended? What is historical amnesia? Why is victimhood dangerous to national healing? A brief comparison of China, Finland and the Baltic States illustrates the necessary components for the reconciliation of historical injustice.

The current protests in India against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 have been met with internet suspensions imposed by the Indian government to suppress them. The article focuses on the case in the Indian state of Assam rather than pan-India.

Just days into the Trump presidency’s fourth year, the United States (US) teetered on the brink of war with Iran, in no small part due to the fragile state of mind and foreign policy of Donald Trump. It’s been said that the president’s foreign policymaking is incoherent, or even irrational, but is this really the case?

Australia’s stance at December’s Madrid climate conference was damaging and widely condemned. It needs to reconsider its approach before the Glasgow conference this year.

Tsai Ing Wen and the Democratic People's Party came out as the victors of Taiwan's 2020 elections in a strong rebuke against Beijing. While it affirmed the Taiwanese people's attitudes towards China, it still does not provide a clear path forward.

In 2019, immigration policies for the Central American corridor were tightened. These stricter public policies, promoted by several of the countries in the region, led to humanitarian consequences that have made it riskier to migrate via a route used by hundreds of thousands of people every year.

Numerous journalists and academics alike have attempted to explain the nature of the current Sino-Russian partnership.  However, returning to an unlikely source - Fyodor Dostoevsky - may bring a fresh perspective to this debate, highlighting the role of identity in how China responds to Russia's inferiority complex.