The 2014 Global Peace Index shows that the world is becoming a less peaceful place. This decline follows a seven-year trend of decreases in […]

After meeting with the leaders of four different countries, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has now returned to Australia […]

Until the end of 2014, Australia is uniquely positioned on the world stage to make a real difference […]

In recent years, Japan appears to have been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s bold drive […]

Forecasts indicate that an El Niño weather pattern is likely to develop in July or August this year potentially reducing monsoonal rainfall and […]

For ten years the Lowy Institute has been conducting a poll of Australians on Australia and the world. In the decade since it […]

At the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London this week a number of myths about sexual violence have been debated […]

The most touching moment of the recent commemoration of the D-day landings on the Normandy beaches was when the French President Francois Hollande […]

30 years after the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 communal violence continues to be an issue in India. This […]

As the most-watched tournament in the world begins, domestic tensions have cast doubts on whether Brazil will be able to stage a peaceful World Cup. Usually […]