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.

28 Aug 2020
The "breakthrough" deal for Arab-Israeli peace is more a symbolic announcement designed to satisfy domestic political interests in each state.
30 Oct 2020
The knock-out punch was never delivered in the international campaign against Islamic State. Now it is emerging from the Syrian
30 Oct 2020
The forces of political populism in the United States are too entrenched to be expunged by the defeat of Donald
28 Aug 2020
The decades-old debate as to whether or not China is a “revisionist” or “status quo” power in international politics has
30 Oct 2020
Step ups and step downs are part of the well-established Libyan playbook of influencing context, environment, players, and observers. Prime
30 Oct 2020
There is always some agency even in the most seemingly dire of circumstances. Whether we have the wit to recognise
21 Aug 2020
Joe Biden's vice-presidential pick may be the most consequential political move in his career. Kamala Harris, already a rising star
21 Aug 2020
The foundation stone-laying for the Ram temple in Ayodhya marks the decline of a secular India and the birth of
20 Aug 2020
The explosion in Beirut, Lebanon was truly a shocking and tragic event. Though unprecedented, it must not have been unexpected
20 Aug 2020
Quantitative easing has long been a critical means of responding to economic crisis.  In May, Germany’s Constitutional Court declared the
20 Aug 2020
Bangladesh has seen a surge in Islamic radicalisation in the COVID-19 period as more terrorist organisations take to the internet
10 Aug 2020
COVID-19 restrictions have set forth grossly violent police behaviour in Kenya. This has become a source of major humanitarian concern.