North Korea: Breaking geopolitical deadlock
The Obama administration’s strategic patience is unsustainable as a long-term policy option for the next US administration.US fillip to India’s stand on border dispute with China
Ambasador Rich Verma’s visit is a pointer to India’s keenness to draw the US into its conflicts with China and Pakistan.The next world order: Domestic dramas and dangerous dislocations
The 2001 attacks showed how much easier it is for a President to generate bi-partisan support to wage war than it is to create a consensus on universal health care.How Australian officials should deal with a Trump administration
The most immediate challenge facing Australian officials is determining how likely Trump is to start a trade war with China.Afghanistan: Taliban peace talks fade from view
The Afghan government has successfully forged a peace deal with one rebel group but any truce with Taliban seems remote.Weekend catch-up: What to do about Trump, the German view, Putin's populism, and more
Rebuilding public trust, pro-IS groups in IndonesiaMigration and Border Policy links: President-elect Trump, China-EU cooperation, ‘$mart Finance’ and more
German aid to African states, integrating immigrants, human trafficking and more.Trump: An unimaginable president
US institutions are wholly unprepared to deal with a candidate they have never envisioned.The switch to renewables: Lessons from small islands
Any shift to renewables worldwide will require considerable government intervention.Economic diplomacy brief: Trade after Trump, business pressures, Unbanked in Asia and more
Trump’s election victory has turned regional trade negotiations upside-down, presenting US officials at APEC with an exquisite dilemma.Trump’s foreign policy: America First, not America Only
Trump’s foreign policy is not a threat to America’s place in the world, but it might be a threat to the current establishment.The Trump ascendency and the end of ANZUS bipartisanship
Why we might be seeing the end of Labor-Coalition consensus on ANZUS.Rebuilding trust in governments
We need to break out of our government buildings, our embassies, our ivory towers, and engage with people.Pacific links: NZ quake, PNG budget, Palau election and more
The New Zealand earthquake, Australia/US resettlement deal, the fearful prospect of a climate change sceptic in the White House, PNG's grim budget and moreQuick comment: Peter Feaver talks transition
Duke University Professor and one time White House adviser Peter Feaver describes the 'full lobotomy' the US undergoes during the transfer of executive power.Don't give up on the US in Asia just yet
Under Trump we're likely to see a recalibrated US offshore balancing in Asia that won't mean either careless provocating China, or a total US drawdown.Why ANZUS trumps Trump
We will need to engage more with Washington, not less, in order to try to influence the course of US foreign policyCambodia: Would Hun Sen's CPP accept electoral defeat?
Even those who previously supported the government are tiring of the CPP.Yes, Trump is a realist and no, this is not subjective
Denying Trump’s realist credentials appears to stem from some weird insecurity
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