More than four months after Germany’s federal election, the country's two leading parties have finally agreed to form another “grand coalition”. So why is nobody cheering?

The ongoing Gulf Crisis has revealed the exceedingly complex nature of relations in domestic, regional and international arenas. As tensions escalate into 2018, there may be ramifications well beyond the region.

In Wednesday's State of the Union, President Trump was selling 'America First' to a home crowd. But when Trump addressed leaders from some of the world's other leading economies in Davos last week, did he silence some of his more challenging critics?

In the wake of recent calls for an “Africa beyond aid” by Ghana’s president Akufo Addo, it is important to ask whether the grand political statements are being matched by necessary domestic commitments?

Peacekeeping operations have long suffered from relying on a male-dominated perspective. But as peacekeeping missions continue to be marred by scandal and mixed results, what can a female-perspective contribute?

As the world recovers from another new year's eve thoughts are now moving to what 2018 will bring. Unfortunately, following a turbulent 2017, it appears the hangover may last well into the foreseeable future.

2017 was a year among many that continued to cast doubt on the durability of the existing international order. Worrying parallels can therefore be drawn with the tumultuous 1930s and they paint an eerily familiar picture.

Somalia's decades of turmoil, war and anarchy left the country's central government with control over an area extending not much further than its buildings' perimeter fences. As the country enters another new year of incremental progress, is a functional state on the horizon?

In 2017, the new Trump administration launched its first foray into the complex and hostile situation in Taiwan. But behind the smoke and mirrors, what are the actual interests the new administration will have to grapple with in 2018?

With hundreds of thousands of children being pulled from their classrooms to flee the conflict in Syria and crises elsewhere, Australia, as part of MIKTA, can play an important role in continuing their education.