This week in Australian foreign affairs: new ambassadors appointed to ASEAN and WTO, cyber sanction powers in use, further sanctions against Hamas, a joint statement on Houthi attacks, and more.

For a long time, India’s academic and foreign policy circles have suffered from a “blind spot” on Myanmar, despite the country being an important neighbour for India. Finding a “Myanmar Consciousness” in Indian strategic thought and scholarship is a concept which remains the core thesis of the book.

The pre-poll rigging in Pakistan, involving the expulsion of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as a political entity and its leader Imran Khan as its leader, underscores the broader erosion of democratic principles nationally. The consequences are likely to be regional and even global if Pakistan's slide towards autocracy continues.  

Anthony Cooper, together with Thorsten Perl, provides a well-researched account of a British air raid on Berlin, in December 1943. They concentrate on […]

Since 2016, the Anglophone separatist movement in Cameroon has become characterised by political violence. Armed separatists have imposed boycotts on education, burned down schools and infrastructure, and abducted or killed civilians accused of collaborating with francophone authorities.

This week in Australian foreign affairs: joint statement on Houthi attacks, Wong in Jordan, Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories, humanitarian assistance gets a boost, and more. 

Laos Chairmanship of ASEAN comes at a tumultuous time. Addressing the country’s significant macroeconomic challenges while advancing regional connectivity and resilience will be a difficult task.

Global political challenges to the rules-based order are beginning to signal an end of Antarctic exceptionalism. Initiated during the Cold War among distracted powers, existing governance intuitions may not be fit for purpose, but what may constitute an appropriate is unclear. 

Despite political roadblocks to Ukraine assistance in the US, the Biden administration is optimistic that it’s support will not be disrupted. With Donald Trump’s march through the primaries begun, this optimism however may change.

Charles Dunst, current foreign policy advisor to Colorado Democratic Senator Michael F. Bennet, offers a perspective on how democracies can combat the threat of rising authoritarianism. In suggesting such solutions as improved infrastructure spending, increased immigration, and greater social safety nets, this work is ultimately aspirational in nature, simplifying the threat and the societies supposedly imperilled by it.