The impact of COVID-19 on the international student market was swift and unexpected. The pipeline effects will continue into 2022 and 2023.

Australia is the only state party to the Moon Agreement to have signed the Artemis Accords. Australia’s simultaneous membership of both instruments is problematic both from a diplomatic and a legal standpoint.

The Scottish National Party’s (SNP) election outcome, coupled with a pro-independence majority in the parliament have intensified calls for a referendum. The undercurrent of the independence debate is less about antipathy towards the union, but rather its ineffectiveness.

No one could ever deny Vladimir Putin’s ability to surprise. Russia’s leader has the ability to pull rabbits out of his hat just as Western commentators dismiss the Kremlin’s waning influence.

COVID-19 has brought about feelings of loneliness, increased homelessness, and a decline in mental health. The experiences of housing cooperatives in Central American countries show how a collective response can minimise the impact of a pandemic.

This has been such an extraordinary period. And what we are facing next in foreign policy is so difficult that we will need all the resources we can muster to shape it.

Indonesia's new National Plan of Action on Countering Violent Extremism that Leads to Terrorism aims to involve both government and civil organisations in a comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy. It appears as an advancement towards the construction of a gendered response to terrorism and extremist violence in South-East Asia.

Today is arguably the most important date in nuclear disarmament efforts since 6 August 1945, when America dropped its bomb on Hiroshima. The UN-negotiated Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force today, establishing a clear ban on nuclear weapons under international law.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons sends a clear message to nuclear-armed states. Its entry into force should not draw attention and resources from the existing and functional nuclear weapons control mechanisms. 

In 1975, the United Kingdom voted overwhelmingly in favour of European integration.  Little over forty-years later, the UK has reversed its decision in favour of leaving the EU, citing aspirations of reclaiming sovereignty and taking back control.

Small, student-led protests against the current Thai government, the present constitution, and the monarchy began to occur across Thailand in the middle of this year.  The protests have grown dramatically in the past two months. Whether these protests will be fruitful in altering the current structure of governance remains questionable.