The recent tension between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reminds us that the Israeli-Palestinian dispute is a perennial […]

In a momentous day for Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) takes its place in the country’s parliament, ending decades […]

Qatar won the right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup by placing its bid at the centre of its national and foreign policy […]

Germany has gradually assumed an increasing share of European leadership in recent years. Now it needs to take more responsibility for the Continent’s […]

Fifty years ago this month Robert Menzies retired from Parliament, after a record-breaking 16 years as Prime Minister […]

The notion of Europe being “invaded” by an Islamic other has gained considerable traction in the past decade and a half. This rhetoric routinely cites the […]

There is no room for complacency on nuclear security. US President Barack Obama took office with a vision for a world free of […]

National Executive Director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Melissa Conley Tyler, speaks about why think tanks matter to policymakers and the public […]

The authors of the new Defence White Paper deserve our sympathy. They have to address the widest range of challenges to our national […]

Since the late 1940s, Australia’s involvement in global space activities has been bifurcated between national security and civil and commercial elements. Australia’s future […]