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Benin’s parliament votes to legalise abortion (Al Jazeera)

Parliamentarians in Benin have voted to legalise abortion in the West African country, where it was already authorised under very restricted conditions. Under the new...

As Turks wrestle with inflation, central bank cuts rates again (Umar Farooq, Al Jazeera)

Turkey’s central bank announced a bigger-than-expected interest rate cut on Thursday –  marking the latest in a string of policy moves that have seen...

Turkey: Erdogan slams ambassadors over call for Kavala’s release (Al Jazeera)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed the ambassadors of 10 countries for their call for philanthropist Osman Kavala‘s release, saying Ankara should not be...

Syria says 24 executed for starting wildfires (Al Jazeera)

Syria has executed 24 people after charging them with igniting wildfires last year that left three people dead and burned thousands of hectares (acres)...

ASEAN finds its voice as a military offensive looms in Myanmar (Adam Simpson, The Strategist)

In a move that could usher in a new era of interventionist diplomacy—or, alternatively, represent a grudging aberration driven by realpolitik—ASEAN provided the first...

Reaping the social benefits of carbon farming in northern Australia (Gill Savage, The Strategist)

Nation-building can drive economic prosperity, social cohesion and resilience, but we need to engage with the complexity of our modern world to develop pragmatic...

“Strategic autonomy” is more dangerous for Europe than AUKUS (Benjamin Tallis, The Interpreter)

An article this week in The Interpreter argued that, in the wake of AUKUS, Europeans should embrace the decline of NATO, “break free” of reliance on the US...

ASEAN muddles through on Myanmar (Ben Bland, The Interpreter)

Diplomacy is messy. Officials, politicians and (dare I say) think-tank analysts relish the highfalutin talk of rules, treaties, norms, values and principles. But, more...

China’s economic sanctions made Australia more confident (Ye Xue, The Interpreter)

China has singled out several Australian industries with economic sanctions since May last year, imposing hefty tariffs on Australian barley and wine exports, while...

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