Diplomacy & International Relations

Britain recasts AUKUS for a new era (Sophia Gaston, The Strategist)

Britain once risked a reputation as the weak link in the trilateral AUKUS partnership. But now the appointment of an empowered senior official to...

Australia’s basic-metals problem: old plants and subsidised Chinese competition (David Uren, The Strategist)

Australia’s ability to produce basic metals, including copper, lead, zinc, nickel and construction steel, is in jeopardy, with ageing plants struggling against Chinese competition....

The US dollar’s role in the international monetary system is now dangerously in flux (David Lubin, Chatham House)

Attempts to explain the dollar’s declining value in recent weeks will naturally focus on the growing likelihood of a US recession: the prospect of...

Settler Violence Is Turning the West Bank Into a Tinderbox (Neomi Neumann, Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

The early months of 2025 have seen a significant rise in extremist right-wing violence against Palestinians in the West Bank—an estimated 30 percent increase...

MENA Energy Recap, Q1 2025: Tariffs and Sanctions Loom Large as Trump Returns (Colby Connelly, Middle East Institute)

With the first week of April now firmly in the rear-view mirror, the first quarter of 2025 can easily be characterized as a period...

Thinking the unthinkable: Improved US-Iran relations under Trump? (Ross Harrison, Alex Vatanka – Middle East Institute)

It is no surprise that both Iran and the United States have approached their first diplomatic engagement in four years with wariness and skepticism....

Enabling Responsible Space Behaviours Through Space Situational Awareness (Daouglas Barrie, Matthew Bint, Ester Sabatino – IISS)

Space is fundamental for global economic activity, but its congestion and militarisation represent risks. This report details steps taken by the UN to influence...

Great-power competition in the Panama Canal (Jenny Duan, IISS)

Panama, a small nation with outsized influence due to its role in global shipping, faces a tricky balance: navigating foreign investment and its alignment...

Japan’s maritime cooperation in Southeast Asia (Takahiro Kamisuna, IISS)

In January 2025, during his first visit to Indonesia as Japanese prime minister, Ishiba Shigeru announced that Japan would send two high-speed patrol vessels...
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