Impatient and ambitious, as World Bank president the Australian-turned-American tackled a global “cancer of corruption”.

Picking winners? In this case, one sort of export interest seems to have suffered due to support for another.

Are changing contours of global power or suspicions of the “swamp” driving more politicians to fill key diplomatic jobs?

The tactics that have allowed the Modi government to enforce unpopular new laws may not work this time.

The post-referendum process stalled after a delegation arrived in Port Moresby, only to have the meeting cancelled.

Four possible reasons behind a Chinese official’s social media missive.

China-US rivalry tends to overshadow assessments. But this major accomplishment came with ASEAN at the centre.

The killing of the head of the Iranian nuclear program may make it even harder to revive the nuclear deal.

Inspiration from a tiny giant in Southeast Asia might help Australia find a way through multiple diplomatic obstacles.

When a sports club thinks strategically, governments can benefit too.

An electoral failure might be a repudiation of the military’s influence in politics – but not its irrelevance.

Germany and the Netherlands have new strategies for the Indo-Pacific, and maybe the beginnings of a common EU stance.

The new US administration will certainly push back harder on the Kremlin, but there may also be chances for engagement.

A spending surge aims to steer the economy out of crisis, but high debt and heavy interest pose another risk.

The life-of-type extension project is a major, complex and high-risk undertaking of critical importance.

A telling speech foreshadows an India more focused on domestic markets and one with less clout in the region.

Hopes might be high for a new US administration. But polls show views on regional challenges have changed markedly, too.

China’s coercive diplomacy is not new. Other countries have managed to repair ties after a perceived slight.

Anger and humiliation at their defeat means Armenia will see this conflict very much as unfinished business.

Scraping through what should have been an easy win highlights systemic issues.

A regional agreement might actually be a small step towards something even greater.

The group’s expanded mandate, including into women’s empowerment, puts its relevance and its values under a microscope.

PNG’s prime minister must face down a no-confidence motion everyone knew was coming yet still caused a surprise.

Online outrage over a jewellery TV ad underlined a majoritarian drift in debating Indian identity.