Diplomacy & International Relations

Violence erupts in Mexico after drug lord El Mencho killed

(Ottilie Mitchell - BBC) A wave of violence has broken out in Mexico after the country's most wanted drug baron was killed in an...

Trump won’t blink on tariffs — because he can’t

(Stephen Collinson - CNN) No, President Donald Trump isn’t looking for a new “most beautiful word” in the dictionary to replace his beloved tariffs....

The Supreme Court ruling means we need international institutions more than ever

(Jenny Gordon - Lowy The Interpreter) The US Supreme Court decision has upheld that only Congress has the power to tax, ruling that the...

Trump’s international strategy is becoming clearer

(Ross Babbage - Lowy The Interpreter) Donald Trump’s behaviour during this presidential term reveals a surprisingly deep strategic logic. The core goal remains to...

Freeport’s Papua mine deal buys time

(Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara, Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat - Lowy The Interpreter) Indonesia and the US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan have struck an agreement extending the operating...

Revelations of Chinese nuclear tests mark start of a new era

(Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan - ASPI The Strategist) As major powers renew their focus on nuclear testing, the world may be entering a new nuclear...

Australian innovation is needed to break China’s grip on critical minerals

(Robert Monterosso - ASPI The Strategist) No single country—regardless of its wealth or will—has the combination of mineral reserves, scale, and low-cost labour and...

China may yet persuade Southeast Asia to support new maritime order

(Aristyo Darmawan - ASPI The Strategist) Step by step, China is creating a Southeast Asian maritime order under its leadership. It has become a...

How Modi ‘broke down walls’ between India, Israel – at Palestine’s expense

(Yashraj Sharma - Al Jazeera) As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi emerged from his plane at Ben Gurion airport outside Tel Aviv on July...

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