Trusted supply-chains offer countries like Australia trade resilience and protection against economic coercion. Australia can trust its allies and partners when it comes to trade sanctions and economic coercion mitigation. 

The cancellation of the Quad summit due to Biden’s absence demonstrates to Australia the desperate need to diversify […]

With Foreign Minister Penny Wong at the forefront of foreign policy, the Albanese government has set a strong standard for rebuilding diplomatic ties with Australia's nearest neighbors. In moving forward, the government should be careful not to treat all relations within the security context that has dominated foreign relations so far. 

Australia has an opportunity to build on its strong diplomatic foundations on regional and international issues. Taking the lead to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing is one international public good Australia can provide and be proud of. 

In their reaction to a whopping election defeat, Thailand’s conservatives want to diminish the electorate’s votes in the defence of the monarchy. This unambiguous politicisation of the crown by its supporters is a perilous strategy, stokes republicanism, and may put the monarchy at risk.

In May 2022, Australia looked poised to move away from a long-term hedging and somewhat pedestrian position on nuclear non-proliferation. One year on, the Albanese government has yet to live up to promises made as leader of the opposition.

The prospect that Donald Trump may return to the White House in 2025 is much closer than many think. Victory is likely to be found in the “white working class.” 

By many measurements, democracy is in a troubling decline, even in many Western states. As the debate about economics becomes increasingly hijacked by nationalist sentiments, it is little surprise that “flawed” democracies and “Hybrid” regimes are becoming more commonplace.

China’s entertainment celebrities are indentured to aid the ruling Communist Party by regulatory frameworks and potential online public censure with follow-up industry and government action. These formal and informal controls prevent PRC celebrities from using their mediatised star power to wield oppositional political influence.

Common wisdom in political science is that incumbents usually lose elections when there is an economic crisis. However, that does not seem to apply to Erdoğan.