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.

03 Jun 2020
In the past few weeks in Nepal, a border dispute with India regarding a small strip of land in Lipu
03 Jun 2020
Criminal organisations have always sought to benefit from new opportunities, even those arising from catastrophe. New understandings of international relations
03 Jun 2020
Being stranded with work due to coronavirus lockdowns requires adaption but not every change is new.  Through the crisis, the
29 May 2020
The results of the September 2019 presidential election in Afghanistan led to months of dispute between the two front runners. 
29 May 2020
Despite reductions in global maternal and child mortality over the last two decades there is still room for improvement, especially
28 May 2020
Changing the messenger without changing the leader won’t stop Jacinda Ardern being re-elected in the 2020 New Zealand Election. In
28 May 2020
While COVID-19 requires adaptation it hasn’t halted humanitarian work across the Middle East. It might seem strange, but there are
28 May 2020
The Coronavirus public health emergency that began in late 2019 in Wuhan, China has certainly dominated international affairs since it
22 May 2020
COVID-19 underlined the urgent need to correct the imbalances in globalisation, multilateral institutions, and power structures. Balancing domestic interests and
21 May 2020
Early assumptions of extraordinary SARS-CoV-2 infectiousness and lethality have proven fallacious. Some are already calling the coronavirus lockdown “the Greatest Mistake
21 May 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak provides India’s pharmaceutical industry a big opportunity, but responsibility as well. India is poised to be a
19 May 2020
The relationship between Syria and Lebanon can be best described as problematic friendship. With Lebanon’s deeply fragmented national consensus and