Critical minerals have become a frontline of great-power competition, with U.S. dependence on China exposing deep ...

Australia’s critical minerals push is being sold as a strategic win, but it risks doubling down on a “dumb” commodity economy ...

BYD’s Brazil factory marks a clean-tech power shift: where China builds, countries reindustrialise and plug into the future ...

The UN Security Council’s resolution 2803 (2025) dated 17 November 2025 adopting President Trump’s 20-point peace plan to end ...

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European naval forces are setting sail towards Indo-Pacific waters to deter and, yes, contain the Chinese elephant in the room. Arguably the kind of eyebrow-raising ‘meaningful naval presence’ in the ...

US President Donald Trump’s unilateral tariffs, and their negative impact on global markets, have shocked the world. Assessment of their impacts on the future of Australia-US trade relations should be ...

Air strikes are nothing new for Myanmar’s civilians, but since the 2021 coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government, they’ve become frequent, deadlier, and targeted. The “Sit-tat” (Myanmar ...

Donald Trump’s tariff policies have disproportionately impacted ASEAN economies, disrupting exports, deterring investment, and straining US-ASEAN trade ties. To navigate these challenges, ASEAN ...

Vietnam has faced mounting cyber threats posed by China, affecting its national security and other interests in the cyberspace. The Vietnamese government has framed the problem as a security threat ...

Disinformation stories are used by foreign states in an attempt to influence opinions and framing of foreign policy in the Pacific. Learning from recent experiences in the Pacific Islands may help ...

The world has marked International Women’s Day at a time when it seems decades of gender equality efforts are up in smoke. The Australian Government finally released their report on the implementation ...