The international community must resist the urge to panic in response to the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC and Uganda. The more useful task is to support existing local systems. (more…)
Category: World
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The genie is out of the bottle. Where to from here for Iran’s Arab neighbours?
The Iran war has damaged US leverage in the Persian Gulf, strengthened Iran’s regional bargaining position and forced Gulf Arab states to reassess their reliance on Washington.
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Women’s health should not be collateral damage of war and sanctions
Whether through sanctions, blockade or war, policies presented as matters of security and strategy often impose predictable and disproportionate harm on women’s health, particularly reproductive and maternal care. (more…)
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Why Trump should be indicted
The 2016 Iran nuclear agreement imposed strict, independently verified limits on Iran’s nuclear program. Its existence raises fundamental questions about the legality of the Trump administration’s 2026 attack on Iran.
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Is Indonesia trading up or trading away?
Indonesia’s agreement on reciprocal trade with the United States puts the country’s sovereignty at risk. (more…)
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US stalks Cuba
The Western world is hiding in the corner, averting its gaze as the US moves ever-closer to yet another war of aggression this time against the small, impoverished island nation of Cuba, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio signalling that a US war on Cuba is almost inevitable. (more…)
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Sport, community and the commodification of belonging
The debate over T20 cricket reflects a much broader transformation. Across the sporting world, emotional attachment, community identity and cultural traditions are increasingly being converted into commercial assets.
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China–India rapprochement is pragmatic
The volatile geopolitical environment has seen China and India address frictions and rebuild bilateral relations. But fundamental grievances remain. (more…)
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Governing on empty: the Hormuz crisis across Asia and the Pacific — part 3
This is the final in a series of three articles examining how the Hormuz closure is reshaping energy, governance and inequality across Asia and the Pacific. (more…)
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Middle-power diplomacy
How effectively middle powers can work together to sustain a rules-based order will depend on how they manage their different relations with the US, China and Russia. (more…)
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Governing on empty: the Hormuz crisis across Asia and the Pacific — part 2
In their second in a three-part series on the crisis surrounding the closure of the Strait of Hormuz Nicola Nixon and Kazi Faisal Bin Seraj look beyond energy. (more…)
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The destruction of cultural heritage breaches human rights
Destroying places of worship and culture is not just a heritage matter. It interrupts ways of mourning, worshipping and sustaining traditions, especially for women. (more…)
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Deep fakes, doctrine and dunces hats: can the Pope school all of us on AI?
In his new encyclical on AI, Magnificat Humanitas, Pope Leo seeks to lead a global conversation on the need to ensure that human dignity guides us in this brave new world. (more…)
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What the White House doesn’t understand about Iran
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard are ruthless, but they are not irrational, reports Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh. (more…)
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Governing on empty: the Hormuz crisis across Asia and the Pacific — part 1
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is reshaping energy, governance and inequality across Asia and the Pacific. This three-part series examines the very different long and short term impacts across the region. (more…)
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China on the way to being the first electro-state
China’s careful approach to ensuring its energy security is paying off, even as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz damages the global economy. (more…)
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War games behind the Iran Curtain
The US and UK governments continue to ignore their parliaments and public opinion, on the most important issue, going to war. Again Australia is on the wrong side. (more…)
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Putin and Trump can’t win
Believing in their military might, neither Putin nor Trump considered the consequences of their attacks on Ukraine and Iran. Now their wars are failing. (more…)
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Our intelligence services need to break free from excessive US influence
Australia is part of the white man’s intelligence network, Five Eyes. That means too much CIA input into anti-China perceptions in recent years. It also helped bring down the Whitlam government. (more…)
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New China-US rules, region’s Taiwan anxiety, Sri Lankan scam hub – Asian Media Report
Xi’s latest terms for the American relationship, Trump’s post-summit verbal meandering, cybercrime operations’ new base, the west’s dominance is an historical ‘aberration’, and the Modi government’s all-veg banquets.
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Could China, Russia and the United States work together?
Observers in China detect the possibility of ‘trilateral coordination’ between China, Russia and the United States, with the US the biggest variable. (more…)
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Freedom Flotilla Coalition says Israeli forces attacked aid boats for 35 hours
In a statement from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s US arm, organisers say Israeli forces carried out a prolonged assault on civilian aid boats in international waters, using gunfire, water cannons and violent boardings against unarmed volunteers attempting to reach Gaza.
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Why the next Trump-Xi summit could be in Australia’s backyard
As Washington and Beijing reshape the Indo-Pacific order through direct negotiation, Australia risks remaining strategically reactive instead of positioning itself as a trusted diplomatic bridge between the two powers. (more…)
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A Hungarian playbook for defeating populists?
Advocates of liberal democracy everywhere are celebrating Péter Magyar’s triumph over Viktor Orbán. But among the lessons to draw from the Hungarian experience, the most important may be that toppling an illiberal populist is not as straightforward as much of the press coverage has made it seem. (more…)
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India is no longer resisting globalisation – it is shaping it
India has shifted from decades of economic protectionism to an outward-looking strategy built on trade, investment and global integration, transforming its role in the world economy. (more…)
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The US and Iran are trapped in a dangerous cycle of escalation
The war between the US and Iran is increasingly being driven by the self-reinforcing dynamics of escalation, retaliation and mistrust that make de-escalation politically and strategically difficult.
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New Zealand PM ignores a terrorist attack on his own citizens
The Israeli assault on the Gaza-bound Global Sumud flotilla has sparked accusations that New Zealand’s government abandoned its own citizens and failed its most basic obligations under international law. (more…)
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The West is no innocent in international politics
Western powers have repeatedly backed or empowered religious extremists when it suited strategic interests, while undermining secular nationalist movements across the Middle East and Central Asia.
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The battle for human attention is becoming a battle for democracy
After US courts found Meta and YouTube liable for deliberately addicting young users, attention is increasingly being recognised not as a private commodity, but as a strategic resource shaping democracy, public debate and social stability. (more…)
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Indonesia’s fear of the ‘J word’ reveals a deeper intolerance
Indonesia’s response to the Bondi shootings and the royal commission hearings exposed a deeper unease – one where fear, politics and prejudice still shape how Judaism and Israel are discussed in public life.