President Joseph Biden’s unexpected visit to Kyiv is an unprecedented event in modern times. For Beijing, the visit couldn't have come at a worse time.

China’s recent decision to impose on-campus learning requirements will push tens of thousands of international students to return to Australian campuses in the next few months. While the short-term challenges of accommodating these students are significant, the policy change may foster valuable long-term opportunities for Australia’s economy and its relationship with China.

Digital technologies are recolouring mobilisation patterns and the activities of election stakeholders as Nigeria prepares for the nationwide elections in 2023. Beyond the deployment of new digital alternatives by the electoral management body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), it is important to account for fresh digital uses by political parties, candidates, and civil society actors.

A Chinese sci-fi movie has raised interesting and important questions about matters highly relevant to real-life dilemmas confronting the world. How can we achieve a balance between technology and humanity, between collaboration and competition, and is it possible to reach an international consensus about existential issues?

Part of the new Australian Ambassador for First Nations’ mandate is to help grow First Nations trade and investment. This will change the game for Indigenous interests and Australia’s economic future.

With 8 January capital riots still fresh in minds, it is imperative for Brazil’s democratic future that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from the Worker’s party conducts a successful administration. After a hiatus of over a decade, Lula will face many challenges the least not being its relations with the West.

To commemorate a year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Joe Biden clandestinely crossed the Atlantic and then took a nine-hour night train from eastern Poland to Kyiv. It was the triumph of Biden’s presidency, to date.

The last few months have seen the US expand its restrictions on technology exports to China. While recent announcements by Japan and the Netherlands have implied these restrictions will be followed, wider pushback is expected.

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese’s Press Club address, Wong co-chairs Australia-PNG Ministerial Forum in Canberra, new Pacific Engagement Visa, Marles visits the Philippines and Thailand, and more.

The controversy between Türkiye, Sweden, and Finland over NATO membership continues to aid Russia in its war of aggression in Ukraine. With US weapons agreements now caught up in the bid, Türkiye's opposition has likely narrowed.