China is making a drive for a “friendly neighbourhood diplomacy”. Last month, the Chinese government held a “central conference on work related to neighbouring countries” in Beijing. The conference ...

When South Korea goes to the polls next month, voters will not only elect a new president, they will also choose a new direction for how the country engages with one of its most difficult and ...

It is conventional wisdom among Australian political commentators to observe, and sometimes regret, that foreign policy doesn’t matter in elections in an island country with a once stable two-party ...

I emerged from the voting booths at Bondi Surf Lifesaving Club last Saturday clad in red budgie smugglers – a pale imitation of former prime minister Tony Abbott in his political (and physical) prime.

Russia is about to host 29 world leaders at its annual Victory Day parade, commemorating the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. But this year, the parade carries a ...

Nick Fabbri is a Sydney-based policy analyst, writer, podcaster, and reservist soldier, who recently completed his Master of Public Policy at Oxford University as a John Monash Scholar. Visit his ...

Anthony Albanese has been returned as Australia’s prime minister in a landslide. In this episode, Program Directors Mihai Sora and Susannah Patton speak with host Lydia Khalil about what that means ...

Jiwon Kim is a MEXT Scholar and research student at the University of Tokyo, specialising in Japan-North Korea relations with a focus on human security. He previously worked as a human rights ...

Carolin Kautz holds a PhD in contemporary China studies with a political science focus from the University of Goettingen/Germany. She is the founder and owner of SinoVise, a company that advises ...

The Rothschild & Co Distinguished International Fellowship brings an internationally recognised intellectual and policy leader to Australia to help deepen our debate on global issues. Shivshankar ...