In a surprise move, Myanmar’s ruling military junta announced on 6 September the release from prison of Ashin Wirathu, a controversial Buddhist monk whose sermons have been blamed for inciting ...

Dr Bec Strating is Director of La Trobe Asia and Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at La Trobe University, focusing primarily on maritime disputes and Australian foreign ...

Last month’s signing aboard JS Kumano of contracts for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to build the first three Mogami-class frigates for Australia was rightly celebrated as a major step in the ...

Pratnashree Basu is an Associate Fellow, Indo-Pacific at Observer Research Foundation, Kolkata, with the Strategic Studies Programme and the Centre for New Economic Diplomacy. Monitoring the high seas ...

China’s President Xi Jinping appears to be preparing a state visit to Pyongyang in the coming weeks. The trip will be his first overseas journey of 2026, following in close succession to summits in ...

As the 2026 Shangri-La Dialogue kicks off in Singapore on Friday, observers will be on the lookout for Admiral Dong Jun, China’s defence minister. The seniority of China’s representative at Shangri-La ...

Of all the countries on the sidelines of the Hanoi summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un, few were watching more intently than China. Chinese financial and trade support effectively facilitated ...

Donald Trump’s proclamation about reshaping North America and having Canada become “the 51st state” is but one land grab by the soon-to-be returned president. This may just be another of Trump’s ...

Sir Frank Lowy AC founded the Lowy Institute in 2003 and has served as its Chairman since then. He co-founded global shopping centre company Westfield in 1960 and served as its Executive Chairman for ...

Late last month, an Indian citizen named Prema Thongdok, who was travelling from London to Japan, was detained for 18 hours on her layover in Shanghai. Chinese officials claimed her passport was ...

A horrific terrorist attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach targeting Jewish Australians at a public Hannukah celebration has left at least 16 people dead and many others injured, some critically. This is the ...

In less than two months since assuming the Indonesian presidency, Prabowo Subianto has already visited six countries – China, United States, Peru, Brazil, the United Kingdom and the United Arab ...