This week in Australian foreign affairs: passing of PNG Deputy PM Sam Basil, further sanctions on Russian and Belarusian entities and individuals, joint statement on Afghan women and girls, and more.

With the recent acquisition of Twitter, potentially harmful content may be allowed back on the platform. Is ensuring freedom of speech worth the harm it may cause?

With unceasing brutality by the junta, and an increasingly engaged China and India, deferring to languishing ASEAN efforts has proved ineffective to support conflict transformation in Myanmar. Australian could, but is not yet, stepping up diplomatically.