The decision that North Korea will send 22 athletes to compete at the Winter Olympics hints at a more positive 2018 after 12 months of threats, weapon testing and hostile tweeting. Could sport prevent nuclear war?

As the holiday season comes to an end, it's a good time to take stock of the books it would have been good to have had on your beach reading list.

This Saturday will mark US President Donald Trump's first year in office. How has the self-proclaimed 'stable genius' fared and what does his future hold?

This time last year, foreign policy officials, commentators and leaders worldwide apprehensively awaited the new administration of a president whose opaque promise to put 'America First' left more questions than answers. A year on, how much more do we know?

The subdued atmosphere that accompanied Trump's inauguration quickly turned to anger for many liberal Americans as protests quickly and repeatedly broke out across the country. So how did it feel to live in a country so divided?

Donald Trump's surprise election has forced America's northern neighbour to adjust to deep policy changes. Its two-Americas policy has failed and Trump's legacy for Canada is a negative one. 

This week's false ballistic missile warning in Hawaii gave the world its first glance of what the first 38 minutes of nuclear war might feel like as political tensions turned to real-life panic. As time ticks away, can catastrophe be averted?

Jeremy Corbyn's reluctant acceptance of Brexit has virtually ensured the UK's exit from the EU. But under pressure from Leave supporters and their wealthy backers, has he handed over Europe without a fight?

In a region in a state of constant flux, Australia and Singapore—two very different countries internally—have found themselves in a similar strategic position. Both may have an interest in strengthening the role of ASEAN as it holds a special summit in Sydney this March.

What will an Asia-Pacific without America look like? In this topical and critically important essay, Hugh White discusses the scenario of a new China-led Asia and Australia's place in it.