As election officials completed the final count on the night of February 12, the scale of Bangladesh’s political transformation became unmistakable. However, despite such a dramatic shift, Bangladesh ...

Rabiul Alam is an award-winning Bangladeshi journalist based in Dhaka. He reports on human rights, environmental issues, and foreign affairs. His work has appeared in international outlets including ...

In an age of relentless news cycles and information overload, the world’s disasters risk fading from collective memory — and with them, the lessons they carry. This report makes the case that ...

Indonesia has more Muslims than any other nation, so it’s logical to assume it should be involved in the US-Israel war against Iran, advising and warning. That won’t happen because [...] ...

The commotion over the world’s biggest island may be a prelude to a potential conflict over the “Continent of Peace.” The new US National Security Strategy calls to “restore American [...] ...

When Anthony Albanese raised concerns in Beijing about the PLA Navy’s live-fire exercise off Australia’s east coast, Xi Jinping’s reply was blunt: Chinese ships will exercise where they like in [...] ...

A pattern is emerging that defence and foreign policy practitioners can no longer afford to ignore: the geopolitics of gender backlash. What might be called the new manospheres of influence—digitally ...

Hansen is the director of Perseveras Consulting, based in Australia, and an international expert in democracy, foreign affairs, and international development. For over two decades, she has led ...

The Minister for Foreign Affairs issues a joint statement with the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister on Iran, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomes [...] ...

As we reach the fourth anniversary of Putin’s special military operations, let’s remember it is only a year ago that President Trump told President Zelenskyy that he “has no cards” [...] ...

In February 2026, Australia and Indonesia signed a landmark bilateral Common Security Treaty. The deal enables Indonesia and ...

For years, Red-Tagging operated in a regulatory vacuum, shielded by the rhetoric of “national security”. A turning point arrived in May 2024, when the Supreme Court of the Philippines issued [...] ...