This week the U.S. House select committee heard testimony on the January 6 insurrection attempt. Though the evidence was damning, Biden remains in a difficult position.

The American news cycle is once more dominated by mass shootings. But despite a Democrat president and control of Congress, gun reform remains a pipe dream.

The human right to water and sanitation is one both crucial and contentious. As climate change accelerates, the increasing scarcity of water is predicted to detrimentally impact entire populations, ecosystems, and economies.

On the Idea of Humanitarian Intervention. A New Compartmentalization of IR Theories delves into the minefield of international relations theory with its various subsectors and branches, a task that requires scholarly fortitude and contains far-reaching opinions, with some sensible and other polemic.

The Federal Government is already arriving late to the international table. Regulation of AI needs to be prioritised and inaction is not an option.

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese travels to Jakarta for the Annual Leaders’ Meeting with Widodo; Ardern to visit Sydney and meet with Albanese; Wong visits Samoa and Tonga; and Wong issues a statement on North Korean ballistic missile testing.

Russia and Myanmar are both run by strongmen who have judged that overwhelming violence can beat their opponents into submission. Responding to their aggression, and supporting democratic voices to prevail, requires careful attention to the values we hold.

President Duterte capitalised on Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). As disasters become more frequent, there will be further opportunity for political change in the Philippines.

Ongoing debate about women’s “choice” to breastfeed masks the ugly reality that trade trumps infant health. Food security and climate change resilience for infants requires political courage to govern industry and commit to breastfeeding, to ensure a safe and nutritious food supply.

Narratives of Statelessness and Political Otherness examines what it means in everyday life for those who are stateless and marginalised from the political centres of power.