Analysis

This section provides commentary and perspectives on international issues. Articles are primarily sourced on a commission basis from a wide variety of contributors including academic, diplomatic, institutional, government and non-government organisations; however unsolicited pieces can be submitted.

Articles are around 800-1000 words covering any topic in international affairs.

15 Jan 2026
Following economic catastrophe and political turmoil, the 22-million nation astonished the world with a peaceful and democratic transition of power.
15 Jan 2026
America's attack on Venezuela—alongside threats to annex Greenland, incorporate Canada as its 51st state, attack Colombia, or seize control of
13 Jan 2026
Is Trump abandoning America First isolationism for neoconservative interventionism? The reality is far more calculated: beneath the apparent chaos of
12 Dec 2025
The UN Security Council’s resolution 2803 (2025) dated 17 November 2025 adopting President Trump’s 20-point peace plan to end the
12 Dec 2025
BYD’s Brazil factory marks a clean-tech power shift: where China builds, countries reindustrialise and plug into the future of mobility.
12 Dec 2025
Australia’s critical minerals push is being sold as a strategic win, but it risks doubling down on a “dumb” commodity
12 Dec 2025
Critical minerals have become a frontline of great-power competition, with U.S. dependence on China exposing deep supply-chain vulnerabilities despite a
04 Dec 2025
Fiji is an active actor in the international politics of outer space. The present article aims to explain how Fiji´s
02 Dec 2025
The 25th anniversary of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda is a timely reminder for us to critically assess
01 Dec 2025
When Montenegro’s President Jakov Milatović visited Washington in November 2025 to observe 120 years of diplomatic relations between Montenegro and
01 Dec 2025
A cascade of radioactive contamination has triggered an unprecedented trade crisis for Indonesia, exposing decades-old industrial safety gaps that now
28 Nov 2025
Newly declassified British documents expose how radioactive clouds from nuclear tests in Australia took days—not hours—to clear, contaminating vast areas