'The Anarchical Society', undoubtedly Hedley Bull’s most famous work, turned 40 in 2017. The Anarchical Society at 40: Contemporary Challenges and Prospects attempts a stocktake after four decades.

Australia's historic relative isolation has failed to protect it from the ambitions of foreign influencers. After the most recent scandal involving alleged clandestine interference, what lessons can Australia learn from its past?

Australia's approach to international engagement is marked by its preparedness to roll up its sleeves and work hard. This will be especially necessary in the face of new international challenges.

For a long time, Australia benefitted from the United States' uncontested dominance in Asia. However, the dynamics of the region have changed much faster than anyone expected.

The war in Yemen raged through its third year in 2017. But with the world's eyes turned elsewhere, the strings were being pulled by Riyadh, Tehran and even by Washington.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Territorial Asylum. While the declaration never became a treaty or convention, its possibilities are still worth pursuing.

President Donald Trump's decision to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem has been subject to intense international scrutiny. But what does the law say?

Even with IS defeated on the ground in Syria and the battlelines of the long-running war the subject of UN peace negotiations, the country remains torn by conflict. Could a recent Russia-US joint declaration be the beginning of the end?

This week in Warsaw a new Polish prime minister was sworn in. The change in leadership occurred in the wake of growing nationalist sentiment and a crumbling international image, but does the change represent real progress or is it merely cosmetic?

The United Nations has the potential to play an important role providing a warning bell ahead of potential crises, such as the Rohingya refugee disaster, but changes to its structure are required.