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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...

Australians’ trust in the United States has fallen significantly since US President Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president, a preview of the 2025 Lowy Institute Poll has revealed. The poll ...

Unsurprisingly, many commentators declared 2 April 2025 as the day “globalisation” died. Donald Trump’s “liberation day”, jacking up of barriers to the US market to their highest levels in nearly a ...