Cuddly pandas symbolise a generous, friendly and peaceful China. Panda loan announcements, often made during state visits by Chinese leaders, receive extensive local and international media coverage.

In the nearly three years since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine of February 2022, many nations have re-examined their national security postures, defence budgets and alliances. The government ...

Plans for Donald Trump's second-term inauguration are well underway, with his transition team straight to work announcing appointments. Lowy Institute Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove has ...

India’s economic liberalisation in the early 1990s led to a dizzying growth in Indians migrating to America. Many believe that fear of a revanchist China is causing Washington and Delhi to cosy up.

Of all the imponderable factors, the prospect of single individuals changing the course of world affairs carries the most intrigue. Without Vladimir Putin, does a revanchist Russia go on a rampage?

As years go, 2024 has been big on democratic reckoning, and the elections across the Indo-Pacific have shown how technology impacts almost every facet of the democratic process. From the cyberattacks ...

Bitter experience shows a “global” crisis can result from failures of domestic governance and regulatory oversight in the United States. Given the Trump family’s personal investments in crypto and the ...

In April 2015, Mary Jane Veloso was moved to Nusa Kambangan, a maximum security prison island in Indonesia. The plan had been to execute her by firing squad with other death row prisoners, including ...

In the northern winter of 2022, as Russian armour and troops massed on Ukraine’s borders, a highly effective psychological operation was reaching a crescendo. For several months, Russian diplomats had ...

Nardine Alnemr is a lecturer in politics and policy in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) and fellow of the Indo-Pacific Research Centre (IPRC) at Murdoch University. Nardine’s ...

A taskforce is working on establishing global solidarity levies, with a number of developed countries signed up in support. More work will be done across 2025 at various meetings, including the World ...