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.

04 Sep 2017
Australia is expanding its outer space infrastructure through its defence partnership with the US, but at the risk of being
04 Sep 2017
As Justin Trudeau's once wildly popular government approaches two years in office, there are questions about what both its domestic
04 Sep 2017
Balancing trade and environmental protection is an arduous task and finding the best path remains a challenge. Can free trade
04 Sep 2017
As China moves deeper into Central Asia with its Belt and Road Initiative, Russia and Turkey must consider their own
31 Aug 2017
Ahead of the BRICS Summit in China, it's time to assess whether the organisation of emerging powers has lived up to
31 Aug 2017
No real reform process, no end in sight and no hope for the future in the midst of Brazil's continued
31 Aug 2017
Instead of statements of blind loyalty, Australia would be better served by focusing on what it can do as a
30 Aug 2017
This year, Sea Shepherd will not follow the Japanese whaling fleet into the Southern Ocean for the first summer since
30 Aug 2017
What is happening to US grand strategy amid the decline management of the Obama administration and decline denial of those
30 Aug 2017
New Caledonia will soon conduct an independence referendum that may transform the role of France in the Pacific. New Caledonia
23 Aug 2017
Trump's new strategy for "killing terrorists" in Afghanistan is a workable accommodation between the president's frustration about progress and the
23 Aug 2017
President Trump's new strategy to escalate US military engagement with Afghanistan and recalibrate its South Asia policy more broadly has