Pakistan’s Crisis of Legitimacy By Mariam Mufti — Analysis 15 April 2022Imran Khan has been ousted as Pakistan’s prime minister. The abrupt end of Imran Khan’s government and the political machinations of the past month must be understood against the wider context of political instability in Pakistan. Read More
What India’s Fence-Sitting on the Ukraine War Means for the Quad By Michael Kugelman — Analysis 15 April 2022India takes the Quad, and its role in it, very seriously. And yet, New Delhi’s position on Russia risks generating tensions within the group. Read More
How Much Time is Left for Chinese Men’s Football? By Dr Ye Xue — Analysis 15 April 2022Football is undoubtedly the most popular sport in China. Politically, football in China is on much less solid ground. Read More
Let Us Eat Bread: Food Insecurity in Lebanon By Mounia El Khawand — Analysis 15 April 2022Since October 2019, Lebanon has been in the throes of an economic recession, identified by the World Bank as one of the 10 worst crises since the 1850s. Lebanon now faces unprecedented food insecurity. Read More
Digital Diplomacy in Africa By Bob Wekesa — Analysis 14 April 2022If COVID-19 has proved an intense adversity in Africa as elsewhere in the world, it has also proved a boon in some respects. The African digital diplomacy sphere is instructive in these respects. Read More
Narratives of National and State Identities in the War in Ukraine By Dr James Headley — Analysis 14 April 2022The war in Ukraine reflects a clash of narratives about Russian and Ukrainian national and state identities. While the Russian regime talks of “denazifying” Ukraine, it is Russia that is the integral nationalist state now. Read More
Challenging Australia's Foreign Policy Orthodoxy By Professor James Laurenceson — Analysis 13 April 2022A strategy document released last month gave graphic insight into where dispassionate analysis by a peak Australian government agency sees the region headed. It points to a future in which the Morrison government’s hairy-chested posturing towards China does the national interest no favours. Read More
UK Arms Trade and Risk Assessment: Who Decides? By Dr Riccardo Labianco — Analysis 12 April 2022In the UK, civil society can challenge the legality of arms-exports. A series of judicial and executive decisions leave this important power in doubt. Read More
Singapore Chooses its Friends for a New Generation: Lee Hsien Loong’s Foreign Policy Legacy By Michael Barr — Analysis 11 April 2022During his long tenure as Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong has stripped Singapore’s relations with China and the US of all subtlety, opting instead for courageous honesty. But Lee’s approach is likely not one his father would have approved. Read More
A Window of Opportunity in Australia-Korea Relations? By Dr Jeffrey Robertson — Analysis 11 April 2022Seoul’s change in political leadership is promising for the West. Australia must do more to take advantage of the opportunity. Read More