While many blame Russia’s Ukrainian invasion on an expansionist Putin, some scholars have suggested aggressive NATO expansion precipitated the conflict. Regardless, the West now finds itself in a difficult position, one where Ukrainian successes may escalate the war.

The Pacific Islands Forum is torn between competing influences. This will have consequences for the Forum’s cohesion.

There is a difference between those who appear to hold power in Sudan and those who actually control the country. Though the international community seems to believe that civil society, protesters, and resistance committees can take on well-resourced deep state cabal, this is a dangerous mistake.

Rahul Sagar’s To Raise A Fallen People: How Nineteenth-Century Indians Saw Their World and Shaped Ours provides a window into the Indian approach towards international affairs by going back to the conceptually formative years of the nation-state.

Perhaps no other leader has shaped the modern strategic landscape of the Indo-Pacific as much as Shinzo Abe. He will be missed.

Israel is heading to the polls once again as new issues shape its politics. Will the major political contestants succeed to adjust their messages and mobilise voters to secure a winning coalition?

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese and Bainimarama launch the Maritime Essential Services Centre in Fiji, 1 million Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine doses provided to Indonesia, Marles meets with Lloyd J. Austin in Washington, and more.

English is a common language in trade and relations, but many throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific cannot speak it. An Australian English-teaching initiative may address this inequality, while fostering lasting relationships.

We are currently living in a new era, that of the strongman, according to Gideon Rachman. And this era arguably began with Vladimir Putin.   

Some have labelled Russia’s actions in Ukraine as a genocide. But who recognises genocide and what are the ramifications of such recognition?