President Jovenel Moise of Haiti was assassinated on 7 July. It was the most recent in a series of crises that have shaken Haiti since the fall of the Duvalier autocracy in 1986.

The Taliban surged through Afghanistan once the United States opted to cut and run. Twenty years of a pluralistic, republican political order, which for all its defects many Afghans continued to value, have been swept away.

Leaders of the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom have announced a new trilateral security pact. Their brief, though momentous, statements were notable more for what they did not say.

On 26 September, the German public went to the polls, without Angela Merkel on the ballot for the first time in 16 years. After a close election, it is still unclear who will be the next chancellor.

The recent coup in Guinea follows a pattern of coups in the West African region. Recent developments demonstrate the power of military juntas and the insecurity of democracy.

Sudan’s fragile peace is on the brink. Sudan’s civilians must come together to prevent the transition to democracy failing and the country falling back into authoritarian rule.

The growing importance of remittances in El Salvador has opened the doors to increased use of digital currencies. But the volatility of crypto-currency presents a significant barrier to this process.

Australia’s approach to international relations is defined by support for a rules-based global order. After Glasgow, it’s time to reconsider Australia’s national interests in the context of a world shifting toward net-zero emissions.

In an unexpected win, Indonesian labour unions’ protests against new laws corroding workers’ rights have been trounced by the Mahkamah Konstitusi Constitutional Court. But the ruling also threatens the government’s hopes to make the republic a safe place for venture capital.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons prohibits the development, production, possession, transfer, receipt, testing, hosting, use, and threat of use of nuclear weapons. Today it becomes law – the most significant multilateral development in nuclear arms control since the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty entered into force in 1970.