The vote for Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial and subsequent acquittal in the Senate fell largely along partisan lines. It was yet more incontrovertible proof of a five-year long process of "hostile takeover" of the Republican Party.

After a year’s experience of COVID-19 worldwide, the continuing hold of discredited mathematical models regarding lockdowns remain. As well, it is increasingly evident that medical specialists put in charge of public policy ignored existing pandemic preparedness plans, for better or worse.

Under Abe’s guidance, Japan’s energy policy was a mixed bag, with a few hits and some major misses. Now, it falls upon Japan's new prime minister to lead Japan on a path of just transition.

For years now, life in the Donbas has remained split along a “contact line” of conflict since fighting broke out in 2014. The International Committee of the Red Cross is working with those hit hardest by the fighting.

This has been such an extraordinary period. And what we are facing next in foreign policy is so difficult that we will need all the resources we can muster to shape it.

The conclusion of RCEP does not highlight the vital role Japan played as an interlocutor for the negotiating members. Japan’s geo-economic strategy will continue to shape the future of regional trade and investment architecture.

In 2019, the Indian government imposed a lockdown on Kashmir with no phone connection and no internet service. The impact on the health, education, and economy of this once prosperous Indian state has been massive.

It’s now been more than two weeks since General Min Aung Hlaing instigated the military coup in Myanmar. At the vanguard of the evolving “social opposition” is Generation Z.

Australia’s proposed news media code highlights tensions between self-interest, the needs of democratic media, and new challenges to laissez-faire regulation of transnational firms. This action will highlight the market power, privacy failings, and democratic implications of digital giants. 

In response to the Australian government’s media bargaining legislation proposal, Google and Facebook have threatened to cut off Australia from their search engines. This has prompted questions regarding the scope for international law to protect Australia from these threats.