Dr William Matthews is Senior Research Fellow for China and the World in the Asia-Pacific Program at Chatham House. He is an expert in China’s foreign relations, specialising in the geopolitical ...

The Philippines signed a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement with New Zealand last month, regulating the deployment of troops for joint military exercises. The agreement marks a significant milestone ...

North Korea has rarely admitted the presence of its troops in foreign battlefields, let alone in an ongoing conflict. However, in late April, it did just that. The effort to reassure the public does ...

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 ...

US President Donald Trump’s weekend announcement of a US mediated “full and immediate ceasefire” between India and Pakistan surprised both domestic and international observers. It came just days after ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...