For weeks, analysts have warned of a “rapid descent into anarchy” in Hong Kong. How did the situation get to where it is today, and what options are there to diffuse the crisis?

Australia has proven its alignment with the United States on many occasions, most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. However, our alliance with the United States should not trap us in a position that is detrimental to our interests.

The Trump administration’s withdrawal of the US from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty earlier this month is the culmination of an extended period of shadow boxing between Moscow and Washington. What will the withdrawal mean for Asia and Australia?

Australia should not ignore the opportunities to trade more with Latin America following the historic trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur. The EU-Mercosur Agreement could bring opportunities for Australia to expand its role as a trading partner on both sides of the Pacific.  

Within 13 hours, two mass shooting took place—in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio—killing 31 innocent people and injuring twice as many. This time, however, something far more sinister and profoundly troubling is at play.

The abolition of Kashmir statehood to bring stability and peace for the Kashmiris is a populist project, marketed to accelerate the larger project of Hinduisation of the Indian polity.

Disclaimer: This piece has been postponed and will be published on the 3rd of September 2019.

The recently concluded 12th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the African Union in Niamey, Niger formally launched the operational phase of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area. The area will represent the largest free trade zone in the world by population, given Africa’s 1.2 billion people.

The Geneva Conventions — one of humanity’s most important accomplishments of the last century — turn 70 on August 12. It is a perfect time to clear up common misunderstandings about the conventions.

Though global health has attained a prominent position on the global political agenda over the course of a generation, the inauguration of the Trump Administration in the United States threatens to challenge this international consensus.