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 Jul 2025
Claims that Pakistan is developing intercontinental ballistic missiles misread its strategic priorities and economic constraints. The real trajectory toward ICBM
03 Jul 2025
The 2025 strikes on Iran expose a dangerous erosion of international law, as powerful states bypass legal norms under the
03 Jul 2025
The energy transition depends on critical minerals, but supply chains are vulnerable due to processing concentration in China. Australia can
02 Jul 2025
Australian support for US strikes on Iran represents the latest instance of appeasement of the Trump administration’s damaging behaviour. Reconciling
01 Jul 2025
South Korea’s recent political crisis, culminating in the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol and an early presidential election, has exposed
01 Jul 2025
The promise of People Power has given way to elite rivalries and political survival games. As the Duterte-Marcos alliance fractures,
17 Jul 2025
Australia’s hardline immigration model—built on deterrence, detention, deportation, and demonisation—has gained international attention, but at what cost? As other nations
27 Jun 2025
Once defined by a singular focus on the United States, Colombia’s foreign policy is evolving to embrace China as a
27 Jun 2025
The assault on Iran is less about nuclear urgency and more about political necessity. For Netanyahu, existential conflict abroad means
26 Jun 2025
President Donald Trump’s decision to directly join Israel in its war against Iran and bomb Iranian nuclear facilities was inevitable.
26 Jun 2025
The second Trump administration is redefining the US commitment to NATO—not by exiting, but by coercively urging European allies to
25 Jun 2025
The May 2025 Indo-Pakistan drone conflict revealed the operational limits of loitering munitions in suppressing enemy air defences. In future