Despite the media and mass movements protesting India’s Citizenship Amendment Act, it does not strip any Indian of their citizenship. Rather, it provides refuge to persecuted minorities.

While the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) remains the most widely ratified human rights treaty, it is not without its critics. For many, it remains a problematic document whose design promotes as the norm a static and idealised vision of western childhood.

The current protests in India against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 have been met with internet suspensions imposed by the Indian government to suppress them. The article focuses on the case in the Indian state of Assam rather than pan-India.

Richard Gate's memoirs are a fascinating overview of his overseas postings presented in an episodic fashion. From his upbringing to his posting in post-war South Korea, this book is a realistic portrayal of diplomacy and foreign policy.

The humanitarian outlook for Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, is marked by the growing intensity of armed violence across the Sahel region. The presence of armed groups is increasingly felt, and international forces maintain a strong deployment: the French military with Operation Barkhane, UN peacekeepers with MINUSMA, and a regional response of Sahel countries – the G5 Sahel. In Burkina Faso, recent surges in violence have caused a humanitarian crisis that worsens as the months go by.

Donald Trump, and loyal members of his cabinet, seem satisfied with a transactional deal over the current US-China trade “‘dispute,” not minding outcomes that might harm other trading partners of Washington or Beijing like Australia. But this is precisely what Australia and the international community hoped to avoid when China signed on to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and its related disciplines in 1995, regarding China’s acceptance of this “international order” as significant.

With increasingly complex conflicts, how do states ensure the laws of war are complied with? In the Philippines, where armed conflicts have been the reality for more than half a century, different support relationship patterns exist with other countries – Australia among them.

After two major joint exercises between the US and Southeast Asian countries, the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) may become a platform for the Sino-US competition for influence.

President Trump's recklessness in ordering the killing of Soleimani is indicative of his dictatorial approach to leadership. It also sets a dangerous precedent in the realm of political assassinations.

On the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is worth considering it in terms of the protection of human rights within Australia. Australia has failure to implement domestically the terms of the two founding Covenants, and the resulting piecemeal protections that exist for human rights.