Returning for 2019, this installment of Australia in the World is all about looking back and looking forward.

Brexit has been a major preoccupation for the EU and the UK for almost three years. But completing the process still has a long way to run.

As the likely outcome of Syria’s civil war increasingly favours Assad, Russia is positioning itself to be the major beneficiary. But in this turbulent region, external factors could still disrupt this trend.

President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un are due to meet in Vietnam to discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula. If successful, their efforts could lead to a major realignment of power relations in Northeast Asia.

Following the Pulwama terror attack in Kashmir, Indian Prime Minister Modi has been under pressure to act.

Sixty-five years ago, the United States conducted the Castle Bravo nuclear test in the Marshall Islands.

In Rise and Resist, Clare Press takes a look at the developments in 21st-century democracy.

At the second summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un, transformational goals such as the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula will remain out of reach.

The war in Syria is approaching its endgame. President Assad appears to have come out on top, but how the dust finally settles will be determined by competing internal factions and external state interests.

The conviction of El Chapo in a New York courtroom was a major victory for US authorities. But the War on Drugs is increasingly being fought in the global financial system, where America’s aggressive tactics are meeting pushback from rivals and allies alike.