A former Australian ambassador to Germany reflects on the Chancellor’s significant impact in the Indo-Pacific.

The COVAX vaccine procurement facility has run a remarkable race, but needs stable funding for long-term success.

Commercial links may be China’s response to the submarine deal.

Countries so often historically at the mercy of strategic interests wants to shape their collective destiny.

Surveillance technologies are increasingly used to track and trace. New global regulations are needed, for all players.

A pragmatic tone appears to distinguish the revived talks. Ambitious, not so much.

The Canadian PM pivoted towards the Asia-Pacific, but has struggled to find tangible success.

The fear of rogue killer robots looms large but legal questions go well beyond the pointy end.

Despite many countries having issues with the West, China has few obvious alliance candidates.

The French president is stung, the local media in uproar, and allies are caught in the storm.

First thoughts on the consequences of a truly momentous decision.

Complaints about America’s attention to the region need to be put in proper context.

Even in a digital age, people – engineers – are essential to manufacturing. But demand is by far outstripping supply.

The sickness in the country’s health system was apparent long before the pandemic. Covid only makes reforms more urgent.

Tehran knows its hand when it comes to playing the energy card across the region.

Conventional security logic is undergoing a revolution that includes renewable energy. Australia needs to get on board.

The butterfly effect of the global war on terror has had far-reaching impacts on the freedoms it was meant to defend.

Is “China plus” the answer to fading US global hegemony?

Australia needs to acknowledge its blind spots in its 70-year friendship with America.

Terrorist threats set the Australian Federal Police a global challenge. But one to be balanced with priorities at home.

An international market for fake medicine threatens hard won gains in the global vaccination race.

Australia is looking too much at symptoms rather than the causes – and missing the need to work cooperatively.

The legacy of a complex nuclear history weighs heavily on a country torn between deterrence and disarmament.

Is the Party-state taking all the fun out of life?