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?

As people around the world celebrate the beginning of a new year, the Australian government last year promised to bring its foreign policy into a new era. What however, does a 21st century cyber policy look like?

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?

The high-stakes game of name-calling between the current US administration and the Kim regime has brought back Cold War-era fears of nuclear armageddon. Is it time for a new approach?

In the wake of IS’ recent military defeats, public attention has been trained on male combatants. The role of women in both promoting and thwarting extremism has been consistently overlooked.

A number of high-profile scandals have recently pushed gender-based violence into the media spotlight, but International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is a reminder that its most pressing among the world's most vulnerable.

The looming end of Robert Mugabe's rule presents the first real opportunity for change in how Zimbabwean government operates. What is it likely to mean?

The recent awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for nuclear non-proliferation work gives hope for progress on nuclear disarmament, but a close look at the world's most important disarmament forum prompts only dismay.

This week, Saudi Arabia's crown prince had many royals and top government officials arrested in his crusade for reform. But there is more going on behind the royal curtain, and it's not all for the good of the people.