In the new bipolar world, Australia is stepping up to America’s benefit. It’s time for the United States to also, with a new treaty that elevates Australia to NATO standard and all that follows. In ...

Be serious for a moment – even if Donald Trump often doesn’t seem to be – and think through what stands in the way of an enlarged union. Donald Trump’s proclamation about reshaping North America and ...

Meta’s recent decision to dismantle its professional fact-checking program marks a significant shift in the company’s approach to moderating content across its platforms – including Facebook, ...

There are multiple explanations for last week’s changes in how Meta will moderate content across its platforms, including financial ones, the evolving views of CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Meta’s policies ...

During a recent visit to Fiji, I heard firsthand the poor state of public health messaging in response to the recent uptick in drug use. In a local market in Labasa, on the island of Vanua Levu, a ...

Chinese soldiers do not operate the Panama Canal. And the Panama government is not ripping off the consumers of the United States through inflated shipping rates. That’s the only possible conclusion ...

To ring in the new year, China’s homegrown jet, the C919 – nicknamed “daifeiji” (大飞机), or “Great Airplane” – took its first regularly scheduled passenger flight outside the Chinese mainland. The new ...

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) may soon have the support of a clear majority of countries to take control of Taiwan, with or without force, a new Lowy Institute Data Snapshot reveals. The report ...

Donald R Rothwell is Professor of International Law at the ANU College of Law, ANU and one of Australia’s leading experts in International Law with specific focus on the law of the sea; law of the ...