Hours after the United States paused its stinging 46 per cent tariff on Vietnamese exports, a reprieve granted for 90 days, both nations signalled their intent to strike a deal. This narrow window ...

Whether Donald Trump’s new world requires a Plan B revision to Australia’s security strategy or simply a continuation of flexibility, it’s hard to deny that something important has happened. Either ...

Who would have thought? Albert Hirschman, a 20th century German political economist, is having a belated “moment”. Overdue and welcome as this may be, analysts are poring over his 1945 book National ...

The annual cricketing drama of the Indian Premier League is back. Droves of fans throng stadiums to witness spectacles of brutal power-hitting with unabashed pomp. Having been to some matches a few ...

Since disturbing reports about a Russian bid to base aircraft in Indonesia broke last week, both sides of Australian politics have continued to exploit the issue to their advantage as the election ...

As Australia’s university sector grapples with domestic electioneering, its biggest challenge to date is happening across the Pacific. While the Trump Administration cuts funding to education and ...

As Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was about to call a national election on 28 March, a Chinese state-owned marine research vessel Tan Suo Yi Hao was quietly transiting Bass Strait.

Donald Trump is making good on his promise of “America First.” After admonishing US allies for failing to pay their “fair share” of defence costs and a now infamous meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ...

What is next in the US trade conflict with the rest of the world? At 25%, US tariffs on most auto imports will see US car prices rising unless those tariffs, too, are paused. Otherwise, with the ...

NATO’s European nations are ratcheting up efforts to mobilise friendly non-allies around the world to come to Ukraine’s aid, as the US commitment under the Trump administration is in question. Last ...

The independent review of Australia’s intelligence agencies, publicly released last month, found them to be highly capable and performing well as a community. It did, however, recommend better ...

Whether a long-discussed “pivot” or a new-found competition, there are arguments that the Trump administration is shifting the US focus from Europe to Asia. The reality on the ground contradicts this ...