Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg recently testified that more than 300,000 Australians were touched by the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal linked to the 2016 US election. But what evidence is there that Facebook can have a genuine impact on how we vote?

Colombia's murder rate is at an all-time low but there has been a worrying jump in the number of assassinations of activists. Despite the 2016 national peace agreement it means social leaders increasingly walk the streets in fear.  

Australia's relationship with Indonesia needs to go beyond the successful management of incidents. To do this, it's important to overcome trust deficits, taking steps that will bind rather than simply link the two countries.

With links between Canberra and Jakarta shifting towards an economic and strategic partnership, it is a time of disruption and opportunity for the relationship. The outcome will help shape the region.

At this week's Boao Forum, Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke of protecting and promoting globalisation. But trade tensions between China and the US continued to simmer and Australia wasn't even invited.

It's a big week for the Commonwealth, as the Games end on the Gold Coast and attention shifts to the Heads of Government Meeting about to start in London. It makes a good time to consider the significance of this multilateral forum in today's international affairs.

Confucius Institutes are again proving controversial both in Australia and abroad. But are they really any different to their Western equivalents such as Alliance Française, Dante Alighieri or the British Council? 

The India-Australia bilateral relationship has evolved dramatically in recent years, becoming a friendly partnership. Amid the changing geopolitics of the region, the relationship is more important than ever.

China's activities in Vanuatu may have attracted scrutiny this week but its investment in military artificial intelligence has received less attention. The robots may not be coming for your jobs, but they are likely to be coming to an ocean near you.

In 'Cold War and Decolonisation', Andrea Benvenuti has written a careful analysis of Australian policy towards the decolonisation of Malaya, the British Borneo territories and Singapore.