Australia has a great opportunity to boost its relationships with Southeast Asian and Pacific Islands countries with the implementation of a First Nations foreign policy doctrine. To ensure its success, the government must empower the diplomatic services. 

In an attempt to secure the region in the interests of peace and stability, states are increasingly militarizing their activities and foreign policies. The implications of these actions are likely to fall hardest on the small regional states, looking to stay out of the way of great power rivalry.

A sea change in the foreign policy of Türkiye looks poised to occur, with a chance for rapprochement between Ankara and Western capitals. This is likely to spell trouble for Russia and China, particularly as competition for influence in Central Asia looms large on the agenda of the government. 

India is thinking ahead with its plans to develop 6G capabilities. But to reach the end, it will need collaboration with technologically advanced nations, something its membership in the Quad gives it access to. 

The 14 May election in Türkiye shocked many analysts who believed the opposition candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, would defeat the incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. For the first time, Türkiye will conduct a run-off for a presidential election because no candidate was able to achieve 50 per cent of the vote.

Fighting historical nihilism has been high on the list of Xi Jinping's fight for regime security. As China reverts increasingly backwards into an era of thought control and totalitarian rule it is once again the people that suffer. 

Political impasse, unbridled corruption, and unprecedented levels of gang violence now plague the state of Haiti. This is the worst political, security, and humanitarian crisis to hit the country in decades.  

The two countries, Bangladesh and Myanmar, need to be ready to move beyond the crisis that has defined their key bilateral challenges in recent years. Economic connectivity will help facilitate growth and friendship. 

On China, disunity, not strategic autonomy, has come to define Europe's struggles for improved relations. This ensures that on the important questions of Ukraine, China maintains the upper hand. 

It is quite clear that when Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine, the Russian president wasn’t expecting significant resistance. Ukraine’s fight has been aided by the pledges made by its Western allies, but have they delivered on their promises?