Adnan Aamir is a journalist, researcher, and commentator based in Islamabad, Pakistan. He covers politics, economy, development, conflict, and security. His area of focus includes the conflict and the ...

Australia’s universities are at a defining moment. For years, they have been treated less as public institutions of knowledge and more as export infrastructure – engines of revenue rather than engines ...

Time is running out for the Australian government’s bid to host the global climate change negotiations COP31 in partnership with the Pacific in November 2026. The government has pushed to host the ...

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 ...

South Korea must be careful not to politicise high-level defections from the North. By politicising these defections in a democracy-versus-autocracy binary, the Yoon administration is exaggerating the ...

Pyongyang is reaping the benefits of its relationship with Moscow. South Korea’s new president wants to woo them back. With no diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine that satisfies Moscow, the odds ...

The fate of the subsea environment and the seabed are on the brink of a fundamental shift. Driven by the Trump administration’s recent sweeping changes to US national security and foreign and domestic ...

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 ...

What could “victory” realistically look like in this context? Until recently, Ukraine defined “victory” as the liberation of all Russian-occupied territories, including Crimea. President Volodymyr ...

As the second Trump administration assembled, the Philippines appeared relatively sanguine about the prospects of stronger bilateral relations. The elevation of China hawks such as new Secretary of ...

With the ouster of Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League government in August after 15 years of rule, the country’s political landscape and diplomacy have taken a new turn. Hasina was ...

News has broken in recent days about China’s latest intrusion in Indonesian waters around the Natuna Islands, only to be confronted by vessels from the Indonesian navy and coast guard. Beijing’s move ...