Those who retain ties with Taiwan view Beijing’s interference and investment in the Pacific with suspicion and are concerned over aid with strings attached. Palau is an important strategic island in ...

The small, remote Mauritian island of North Agalega, located in the south-western Indian Ocean, 1,122 kilometres north of Mauritius, is currently a hive of construction activity. India sought access ...

The Interpreter features daily commentary and analysis on international issues. The site is edited by Daniel Flitton and research editor Clare Caldwell, along with founding editor Sam Roggeveen. In ...

The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been some of the most significant supporters of Ukraine following the invasion by Russia in February 2022, contributing the highest percentage ...

There will be a tendency in Australia to write off the American night raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro as an isolated incident in South America with little local relevance. A ...

Russia continues to lose influence around the world, above all in the post-Soviet space. The Russian-dominated Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) seems to be the last instrument available ...

The waters off Mozambique are becoming a major new security hotspot in the Indian Ocean. An Islamist insurrection in northern Mozambique that the government seems powerless to suppress has also ...

Chinese exercises in the South China Sea last month, and the strong US response, show these disputed waters will not soon be calm. While the focus has largely been on military manoeuvres, competition ...

Environmental damage and gendered violence are flashpoints on the tiny island dominated by US troops. Japanese governments have allowed US bases in Okinawa in exchange for a US commitment to defend ...

The Australian government has released a new international development policy. Like all such policies, on its own it will not dramatically change the nature or performance of Australia’s development ...

How far should geopolitical calculation drive trade agreements? It’s the question raised in whom to support and whom to stall for admission to the 12 nation, adjective laden Comprehensive and ...

When Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced the AUKUS trilateral security cooperation agreement a year ago, it didn’t get a uniformly positive reception in Southeast Asia. Given ...