The end of the first disarmament agreement of the nuclear age will almost certainly be accompanied by American pressure on allies to host US intermediate range missiles.

Both Boris Johnson, the mercurial and ego-driven new British prime minister, and the present elected EU leaders — Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, Donald Tusk and Jean Claude Junker — must share the blame for splitting the world’s largest and most secure economic bloc.

Rarely has a peacetime British prime minister been confronted with such grave challenges, nor have they appeared so unequal to the task. As UK politics undergoes great change, Australia’s request could be triaged to the bottom of Mr Johnson’s brimming in-tray.

At the 18th annual Shangri-La Dialogue in June this year, France affirmed its commitment to the Indo-Pacific. French Minister of Defence, Florence Parly, […]

Australia never once purported to exercise its right to grant diplomatic asylum despite quite exceptionally choosing to assert the existence of that right. Other countries that denied the existence of such a right nevertheless granted it in practice.

On the 25th June 2019, the Institute hosted a debate by its semester one interns. The topic was […]

On 20 June the candidates for Britain’s next prime minister were whittled down to only two contenders. While Boris Johnson, the likely next leader of Britain, over-promises on Brexit, he is backed the Australian Sir Lynton Crosby who is buffering his most buffoon-like behaviour.

The Hong Kong protests could lead to a fundamental breakthrough in the near future. While previous protests have not produced major results, the difference this time is that the international community is offering more than lip service.

In APEC’s 30th year, and six months before the 2019 APEC Summit, a new report brings the region’s perspectives on the case for India’s accession to this premier economic forum.

Indian Prime Minister Modi’s unconventional appointment of a former career diplomat as foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, suggests India will have its most visible and active role in the global community yet.