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When disaster strikes, developing countries still too vulnerable (UN News)

That’s the alert from UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who on Wednesday – the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction – urged greater international solidarity for the many countries that are...

Paraguay violated indigenous rights, UN committee rules in landmark decision (UN News)

The Committee, which is made up of 18 independent experts from across the world, monitors countries’ adherence to the International Covenant on Civil and Political...

Biodiversity commitment builds hope for ‘living in harmony with nature’ (UN News)

The Kunming Declaration, adopted at the end of the UN Biodiversity Conference’s latest High Level Segment, which took place in Kunming, China, calls on the States Parties to act urgently on biodiversity protection in decision-making and recognise the importance of conservation...

Would a war over Taiwan be legal? (Ben Saul, The Interpreter)

Australia’s former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called for “solidarity” with Taiwan in the face of China’s “intimidatory sorties” testing its air defences. As...

AUKUS: Why Beijing didn’t go ballistic (Jia Deng, The Interpreter)

China was expected to be furious about the recently signed AUKUS security pact. After all, it is generally believed that the deal to provide...

Ethiopia’s crisis on the Blue Nile (Aly Verjee, The Interpreter)

Amid an increasingly bitter war and an impending famine in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, there is still, perhaps, one issue that unites Ethiopians, no matter their political...

Can Australia get second-hand nuclear submarines? The UK option (Marcus Hellyer, The Strategist)

In case you’ve just arrived from Mars, the Australian government has announced it will acquire, with the assistance of the United States and United...

Strategic shifts in the Middle East after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan (Amin Saikal, The Strategist)

The Afghanistan debacle has shaken many of America’s allies around the world, making them wonder about the US’s reliability as a partner. In the...

Post Afghanistan, US-Pakistan relations stand on the edge of a precipice (Madiha Afzal, Brookings)

With the Taliban back in power in Afghanistan, Pakistan may have come closer to achieving its long-sought “strategic depth” with respect to its western...

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