While Australia is a major producer of raw materials, it remains heavily dependent on China for midstream processing and downstream manufacturing.

We are featuring a series of highlights from across the year, with normal publishing to resume 6 January 2025. This article first appeared on 21 May 2024. It is commonly agreed that the Biden ...

Dr Hadianto Wirajuda, a member of Indonesia's diplomatic corps, received his Doctorate from the LSE, London, and is currently assigned to Indonesia's G20 Sherpa Office at the Coordinating Ministry for ...

Corneliu Bjola is Associate Professor in Diplomatic Studies in the Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. Bjola received his PhD in Political Science ...

Michael Pezzullo was appointed as CEO of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service on 15 February 2013. Prior to this, Mr Pezzullo was Acting Chief Executive Officer September 2012, ...

Ambassador Chan Heng Chee is Ambassador-at-Large with the Singapore Foreign Ministry. She is Chairman of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities in the Singapore University of Technology and ...

In less than two months since assuming the Indonesian presidency, Prabowo Subianto has already visited six countries – China, United States, Peru, Brazil, the United Kingdom and the United Arab ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced an historic treaty with Nauru President David Adeang, securing the financial future of the Pacific nation – or at least for the next five years ...

America’s 47th president will be sworn in on 20 January 2025. Headlines have been loud about the potential impact of Donald Trump’s return to the White House given his promises to unleash tough ...

Bitter experience shows a “global” crisis can result from failures of domestic governance and regulatory oversight in the United States. Given the Trump family’s personal investments in crypto and the ...

At a time when Australia is increasingly looking to Japan and South Korea for closer strategic partnerships, the political tumult that has engulfed both countries in recent weeks raises serious ...

Pacific Islands countries view Donald Trump’s impending return as US president with hope and apprehension. Trump’s attention on the region amid geopolitical tension with China could help address the ...