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.

25 May 2018
Australia considers the stability of the current rules-based international order as a strategic interest. But defence of this order first
24 May 2018
Canberra is focusing on how to sustain the rules-based order given the Trump Administration’s apparent disinclination to incur the costs
24 May 2018
Recent years have been a period of tremendous change for the EU, internally and in its relations with the rest
23 May 2018
Australia’s values and freedoms are a source of strength and soft power in the region. Australia has better choices than
22 May 2018
On 17 May the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade concluded that climate change is exacerbating threats and
22 May 2018
The G20 Foreign Affairs Ministers met this week in Buenos Aires and one of the items on the agenda was
18 May 2018
The astonishing outcome of Malaysia’s elections has set in train a series of rapid and important changes. We need to
18 May 2018
Britain is facing its biggest and most complex challenge since the end of World War II. With 10 months to
18 May 2018
Last year's Foreign Policy White Paper provides a sensible basis on which Australia can continue to pursue a realistically independent
17 May 2018
Yet again Australia’s battered aid program took a hit in last week's budget, as aid plunges to its lowest-ever level
17 May 2018
The recent Australian budget sends all the right signals about the country’s security and foreign policy priorities. The international affairs
14 May 2018
Seventy years after Israel’s proclamation of independence, are we progressing or regressing from resolving the Israeli-Palestinian dispute? 14 May 2018